I've had no trouble running tr on a win98 machine. You do need to change
the "path" statement in the autoexec.bat file to include the directory where
you have tr installed. The main flaw to running tr in a window is that
win98 has a tendency to write to cache and do other system housekeeping
chores at inconvenient times. You don't notice this running a normal
application, but if it does so while you're sending a cw message, the cw
speed goes down to 5 wpm very quickly! Your best bet is to boot to DOS, or
boot an older version of DOS such as 6.22 from a floppy (but that won't work
if you're using FAT32). You won't want to run tr from a desktop shortcut
because you will be starting it from a different directory each time.
Editing the autoexec.bat file can be done by going to a dos window and
typing "Edit autoexec.bat" while in the C:\ directory. If you don't
currently have one this will make it for you.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
73 - Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Richardson, Bruce A (General Mitchell ARS)
<Bruce.Richardson@mke.afres.af.mil>
To: 'trlog@contesting.com' <trlog@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 7:47 PM
Subject: [TRLog] TRLog and Win98
>
>I have a new machine for my ham stuff that has only Win 98. To those of
>you that have successfully run TRLog in Win98, or in a DOS window, or by
>dropping or booting to DOS, could you give me some inputs on how to get
>TRLog to run?
>
>If TRLog "can" run via a shortcut on my desktop, I'd like to do that
>best.
>
>What are some of the issues you had to deal with to get things to work?
>Locked up com ports?
>
>I'm running it on a 486-66 with 20 Meg ram.
>
>Where I'm clueless is how to give/get Win98 an autoexec.bat and
>config.sys. Is there a way to edit those files for Win98 to see?
>Anymore clues on how to "boot" to DOS with Win98 as opposed to "shutdown
>to DOS"? I understand that I'll need to change the path command when I
>get to the autoexec.bat. That should be no problem.
>
>I look forward to the assistance--Thanks!
>Bruce W9FZ
>"Two cows are standing in a field. One says, "Moo." The other says,
>"Bastard! I was going to say that!" -- Alexei Sayle
>
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