Because most radioamateurs want to help each other.
john@kk9a.com schreef:
> I wonder why so many people respond to out of topic posts.
>
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>
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> To: Dave Haupt <w8nf@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [ct-user] CT on Vista - any hope of doing this
> quickly?
> From: Dennis Vernacchia <n6ki73@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 02:00:06 -0700
> List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
> Dave,
>
> Save yourself a lot of time in "Computer Hell" and get another laptop that
> has WIN98SE on it
> ( or one U can install WIN98SE )
>
> They are very cheap - $50 to $100 at most
> for one that has CD Reader, 3.5 Floppy, USB port and DB9 for COM1 and DB25
> for LPT1
> and some have PCMCIA slots..
>
> I run radio control on COM1 and do CW keying of transmitter off of LPT1
>
> Compaq 1200 or 1500 or the Toshiba CDT series best and after running contest
> in CTDOS,
> Stay away from IBM and Gateway as they have some other issues to drive you
> nuts.
>
> If you try to use Windows Vista or XP, CTDOS program may not even launch and
> if it does may crash at any time
> and will not be able ot control com ports
>
> If you run CTWIN instead for windows .......has it's own share of bugs
>
> Best to get a old laptop as mentioned above and run CT for DOS
>
> If you have a hankering to be tortured as U are not computer Geek, get
> WIN-TEST
> Windows based program ........as it is the easiest to setup and run as
> opposed to Writelog or N1MM.
> Win-Test has been said to be like CT on steroids
>
> Good Luck and 73,
>
> Dennis N6KI
>
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