[RTTY] XP Support going QRT

[Dave AA6YQ]

I am running the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Professional (SP1) on a Dell XPS 400 with a Pentium D at 2.8 GHz and 2G of RAM.  It has
no trouble simultaneously running DXLab along with Chrome and several other apps.

      73,

              Dave, AA6YQ

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Laws
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:03 PM
To: Ken Eigsti
Cc: RTTY contest group
Subject: Re: [RTTY] XP Support going QRT

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Ken Eigsti <diverken at chaffee.net> wrote:

> (SO2R and M/S)  so the only exposure to the Internet is via TELNET. I 
> don't

Meaning the only incoming port on your system is 23/tcp (telnet's port)?  I don't think that's what you mean.  I think you mean that
you only exit the building via telnet.  If that's the case, the only thing you expose is the traffic that goes across the wire.
Since you're connecting to a public cluster, that's not a worry.

What inbound ports are exposed to the outside world is a different matter and that's where the filtering on your modem or router
come in (either NAT or SPI).


> think these old Dells would support Windows 7 very well so I am not 
> contemplating an upgrade to Win 7..
>

I wonder if this is true.  You see it said a lot by people as if it's true, but is it?  Of course, age is a factor - a system from
2001 would be less likely to run W7 than one from 2006.  I'd say try it if you can.  Buy a new disc for it, take the old one out and
"store it in a safe place" and try the install (assuming you have a copy of W7) with the new disk.


My Dell Precision 670 with 4GB of RAM runs W7 fine and it's from 2006.




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