[ct-user] WinIntel vrs Linux for CT

[Lawrence G. Dobranski & Carol Cantlon]

Ken

I know that you have started down the road towards a WinIntel port, but is
it to late to switch to Linux???? using X-Windows....

Win98 will be released in June, with NT 5.0 following by 4th quarter 98 and
the changes at the driver level are significant....and you'll need a Pentium
100  with 32M of RAM as a minimum.

Linux is almost free, runs well even on 386 machines, runs well in 8 M of
RAM; can support multiple serial interfaces; device drivers are a lot
easier; the source code for the operating system is available and your work
would never be made obsolete by a new operating system revision....

I wonder what others reaction to this would be....

What ever the response good luck....

73
Lawrence, VA3LGD
-----Original Message-----


From: Ken Wolff <kwolff@ultranet.com>
To: ct-user@contesting.com <ct-user@contesting.com>
Date: March 18, 1998 18:43
Subject: [ct-user] Schedule Update


>I have the device driver tools in place to write real device drivers for
>both NT and 95. Having spoken with several Windows driver developers, I am
>confident I can do a real port to WIN95/NT. The plan is to start with CW
>sending (including sending from the paddle) to the LPT port. Next comes a
>DVP driver, followed by Sound Blaster support. After that, I will rebuild
>the user interface as a true the Windows GUI.
>
>My expected timetable is:
>
>CW sending 5/98
>DVP 6/98
>SoundBlaster  7/98
>Real GUI 9/98
>Full release 1/99
>
>Thanks for sticking with me.
>
>
>Ken K1EA <k1ea@contesting.com>
>
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