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Subject: [ct-user] Upgrade computer strategy
From: k1ep at arrl.net (Ed Parish K1EP)
Date: Tue Aug 5 14:06:12 2003
At 02:02 PM 8/5/03 -0400, Ted Demopoulos wrote:
>Time to start upgrading my motley crew of  486s - they are too old and the 
>hardware unreliable now.
>
>Replacing my "main" computer first - besides running CT during contests, I'll 
>probably run the odd windows app and (gasp) even WriteLog for the tests not 
>supported by CT. I've only run regular CT, never the Windows version before.
>
>What should I - put Windows 98 on it so I can boot as DOS, something more 
>modern and setup dual boot (however that done), or just say the hell with it 
>and run CTWin (and any issues with networking with DOS CT then?)

I don't run CTWin, but I know of at least one limitation.  It doesn't support 
the DVP card.  So if you are using that, you will still need to run the DOS 
version.  Win98SE is a reasonable way to go, although Microsoft may stop 
supporting it in another year or two.


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