In a message dated 11/12/2004 9:45:45 PM Central Standard Time,
k4xu@bendcable.com writes:
I took the thumb drive over to WA7AJ's house and stuck it into the USB port
on his XP laptop. We hooked up a null modem cable from it to my W98 laptop
and had an instant TR network. This was something we COULD NOT do at FD with
his computer. I don't have an XP machine at home so I can't check out LPT
keying or talking to my radio on COM1, but I think it's there. Worth a try.
This 128MB USB drive came from Costco about a year ago for $39, prices have
dropped since. You could use other kinds of solid memory but they have to
appear as boot drive choices in your BIOS !!!
YMMV. I am no computer guru but this was pretty simple.
Dick,
Great work! By having a bootable memory stick, you basically have a virtual
DOS computer that you can transport in your pocket and use on any XP
machine. The advent of USB external hard drives has necessitated a bios that
will
boot from USB, it even is available on some later Win98 machjines, I believe.
All the major players, including Best Buy, Circuit City and CompUSA all have
the 128mb sticks for $19.95 after rebate this week. Notably, CompUSA has
the 256mb for $29.95 after rebate.
I'm assuming you are writing the Log.dat, reset.bin and bandmap files
directly to the stick. Do you back up to a floppy, or can that go to the c
drive?
BTW, I successfully tested two sticks running as seperate drives on a
multiport USB adapter, so you could back up files from one to the other.
If possible, could you write this up in detail and even share your files?
It would seem that you could zip these files, and they could be downloaded
directly to a stick off the internet. I think this is a breakthrough that
could
keep the old DOS programs alive (and even enhanced due to the speed of the
stick drives) for many years to come.
Again, thanks for the good work!
Paul, K5AF
Paul Schaffenberger
210-493-6265
210-213-5914(M)
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