I still use TR in the DOS world for most (if not all) of my contesting
efforts. About the only time I don't is when I am part of a multi-operator
effort.
The extent of support is pretty much limited to keeping it running for the
contests I do. So - like when the XE multipliers were added to the ten
meter contest - that was supported. Any stopping issues with Cabrillo
submission for the major contests would also be supported.
For my personal use - I have stripped out some of the features that I never
use - such as multi support and cluster interfaces - in order to make a
smaller program. However, I still use 6.9 something for most of my contest
work.
If there is some feature you really need in the DOS program - I can usually
be bribed with a bottle or wine or something to add it.
George keeps threatening to send me a Linux computer and get me converted
over to Linux - which might result in more support for that version of the
program. We'll see if that ever happens.
For awhile - I thought I might be retired and have to time contemplate the
future of TR Log - but that as a short lived dream cut short by a divorce
court who decided I needed to keep working in high tech rather than dabble
in my "hobby". That will be revisited when I hit 65 in < 4 years.
73 Tree N6TR
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 10:26 AM, George Fremin III <geoiii@kkn.net> wrote:
>
> > Let me ask a question, OK, dumb question... I still have an old DOS
> > system I keep for running TRlog. I have not kept up with the TR
> > post in a while but is it true that TRlog is now available under
> > Linux as TRlunix??
>
> Yes.
>
> And it works well.
> All of my contesting is with it for the last 2+ years.
> N9RV and W9RE also using it to make a lot of contacts.
> K5OT as well - often from my station at OT or TR.
>
> http://www.kkn.net/trlinux/
>
> It supports the K1EL winkey, the YCCC SO2R box, packet and multi
> computer networking using the linux networking tools and has soundcard
> support for voicekeyers. There are also other ways to get voice
> keyers working if needed.
>
> It is very much like using TR-Log in DOS in that it runs in an Xterm
> window in a console fashion so it looks like you are running in in a
> DOS window or similar.
>
> I like it because I did not want to have to support a windows
> computer. I use OSX or Linux (my day job is as a linux / OSX system
> admin) and I was getting to the point that I was worried about the
> hardware I was using to keep my old DOS install going. It is great to
> have USB support and real networking and be able to run TR-Log on
> modern hardware.
>
> >
> > If TRlog now runs under Linux this is GREAT news... Is there a fee?
>
> No fee.
>
> And the code is open source now - A big thank you to Tree for allowing
> that to happen.
>
> There is a github repo here:
>
> Github source repository
>
> https://github.com/trlinux/trlinux
>
> Kevin - W9CF has done all of the linux porting work - I am sure he
> would welcome some help. I have poked at the source code a few times
> to track down places to make changes and can compile it and get a
> working copy but I am not a programmer.
>
> I can not thank W9CF enough for helping me out often without much time
> before a contest to get something working.
>
> > One more question. Is DOS TRlog still supported or is it now a dead
> product?
>
> There has been very little support - Tree can answer that better than
> I - he has done a few things over the year but not much.
>
>
> --
> George Fremin III - K5TR
> geoiii@kkn.net
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
>
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