> >Disclaimer - I have not run CT with Win95. I use DOS and Win NT...
> >
> >Warren - I strongly recommend NOT going to Windows 95.
> >There are many reasons, but the two most significant are it's lack of
> >maturity and stability and the inability to (easily) set it up to dual boot
> >with DOS/Win.
> >
> >I work in the PC business and follow it and other OS issues closely.
> >
> >If you want a new OS, go to Windows NT V3.51. You can dual boot with DOS
> >(and Windows 3.1) as a fallback. Microsoft didn't bother to make dual boot
> >available with Win 95 so there is no easy fallback.
> >(Note: There is a complex way of installing Win95 for dual boot that
> >requires gymnastics to switch (copying entire directories around, etc.)).
> >
> >Also, none of the OS's are real time oriented, so that sending CW
> >is problematic. I have not tried NT in this respect, but it has a good
> >chance, as the priority of an individual task can be set very high.
> >
> >73, John, K1FWF
> >
> >
> >> I know there was a discussion of this some time back.
> >> Shame on me for not paying attention. I am at my deicision
> >> point for the purchase of Windows95. Is anyone running CT
> >> with '95? Comments, "gotchas", etc? Thanks,
> >>
> >> Warren, WB1HBB
> >> wrothberg@mv.mv.com
> >>
> >>
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> >John D. Allen, jallen@vhfcom.com
> >
> >
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> I run Windows 95 on my main486 computer. CT9 can run inside a window, but
> I prefer to use a DOS shell or dedicated DOS application (shuts down Windows)
> for safety. As long as you run CT by itself (nothing else open), it should
> be fine...otherwise you can run into IO conflicts and/or very slow
performance.
> I've run it with a DVP, CW LPT interface, and the master.dat all at once and
> no problems found... at least nothing unusual. 73, Tyler KF3P
>
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