> most users wanted a DOS version of TRLog that worked
> well under Windows. Many of the users didn't want to pay one dime for the
> Windows upgrade
>
The first part is unquestionably true, and hardly needed market research to
prove it.
I *never* want to pay a penny for upgrades to software, I moan and bitch
about it all the time, but I *do* of course I do, otherwise I'd be back to
the abacus. I am pretty much convinced that a substantial majority of TR
users would pay for a Windows version of TR-I certainly would, even though
I've paid for WL-, perhaps not overnight, but that's what R&D and marketing
are all about.
Tree, I think you overestimate the difficulty of Windows programming in
these days of "Visual" tools. If a dummy like me can write even the simplest
of programmes in VB, then you should be able to take over the world! Perhaps
VB is not really the way to go, although the very creditable N1MM Logger is
entirely in VB, and runs quite satisfactorily on my 200Mhz Pentium, even
producing solid CW keying without glitches in any environment in which I
have tested it. No doubt being a Pascal freak, you would wish to go the
Delphi route, but I am not convinced that recourse to C++ is mandatory,
which is a pig of a language for the uninitiated. Ultimately the way to go
for solid CW in all situations of course is the hardware route, and e.g. the
W5XD keyer/SO2R box does an admirable job for WL. Routines for driving this
are provided in C++ and may be freely incorporated into other progs. with
appropriate acknowledgements in "About" files etc. I suspect that these
routines could be compiled and built as a .dll in C++ for incorporation into
progs written in other languages.
C'mon Tree we really need a Windows TR, you *can* do it.
73
Clive
GW3NJW
gw3njw@gw7x.org
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