[ct-user] "Busted logs" from old DOS CT

[Dan Z]

Dave,
- What might have caused the original error? Is this a sign that the internal clock in the laptop experienced a hardware error (can you tell I'm not computer-fluent?)?
* Can't tell, and probably doesn't matter at this stage.

- Is there a chance that the *.bin files have correct timestamps?
* Not likely if you created the Cabrillo file by invoking the WRITELOG command in CT.  The time data comes from the BIN file.

- Will CT for Windows run under XP, and will it successfully open CT for DOS files?
*Yes, CTWin rund fine under XP.  Use the -vga command line switch for a full screen display.
*No, CTWin will not read old DOS BIN files directly, but there is a utility on the CT website called "9to10" that I believe will create a file that CTWin can read.

- Will anything else out there open a CT for DOS binary file?
*Might be, but I haven't found one.  You might try converting it to an ADIF with the "ct2adifF" utility and looking at the resulting file with a text editor.


Dan Zeitlin - K2YWE
South Shore ARC - K3AU
Annapolis, Maryland
http://danzee.org


--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Larry <lknain at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> From: Larry <lknain at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [ct-user] "Busted logs" from old DOS CT
> To: ct-user at contesting.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 11:50 AM
> It has been a long time since I used
> CT. I seem to recall that there were
> some issues at one point with timestamps and I believe
> there is a utility
> to fix the timestamps. The utility should be on the CT
> website (at least it
> used to be).
> 
> 73, Larry  W6NWS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Haupt" <w8nf at yahoo.com>
> To: <ct-user at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:59 AM
> Subject: [ct-user] "Busted logs" from old DOS CT
> 
> 
> Back when I started contesting from California Santa Rosa,
> I logged using CT 
> on a Win95 laptop borrowed work, using DOS mode. I saved
> the files (in all 
> formats) to floppies and figured on someday transferring
> them to a "master" 
> logging package when I could afford the space and budget
> for more than one 
> home computer.
> 
> A used XP machine finally became part of the shack about
> five years ago, and 
> last weekend I found the stash of floppies. Of the several
> dozen logs, all 
> but three seem to be "in good shape" and the ADIF versions
> transferred as 
> expected into DXKeeper.
> 
> However....
> 
> Three of the logs seem to have a timestamp error. In the
> ADIF file, starting 
> at some point in the contest log and continuing until the
> end, the timestamp 
> for all QSOs became 1970-01-01-0000. In the *.ALL file, the
> date/time fields 
> are simply blank. The files, as transferred into DXKeeper,
> take on an 
> unusually exhilarating property. DXK cannot stand the
> thought of 
> simultaneous QSOs, so it incremented the timestamp on each
> QSO by a few 
> seconds. The first "unstamped" QSO got a timestamp of a few
> seconds more 
> recent than the last QSO with a real timestamp. So, I have
> the glory of 
> showing a nice 400 per hour rate for the last half of
> several contests, 
> while using only a dipole at 12 feet and hand-sending CW.
> Whoo-whee!
> 
> I still have the *.bin files for these contests and
> wonder:
> 
> - What might have caused the original error? Is this a sign
> that the 
> internal clock in the laptop experienced a hardware error
> (can you tell I'm 
> not computer-fluent?)?
> - Is there a chance that the *.bin files have correct
> timestamps?
> - Will CT for Windows run under XP, and will it
> successfully open CT for DOS 
> files?
> - Will anything else out there open a CT for DOS binary
> file?
> 
> TNX ES 73,
> 
> Dave W8NF
> >
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