[SD-User] Re: DOS versions discontinued

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Davies G0HDB" <g0hdb at amdavies.demon.co.uk>

> >    EI5DI -  At this stage I intend to maintain and update
> >     only the Windows programs.

> Nooooo, please don't do this, Paul!!
> 
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who would prefer to see
> the SD family available as DOS programs capable of running
> on virtually any type of PC rather than needing Windoze of
> one flavour or another, with all its shortcomings for real-
> time applications.  


The only thing I can do is to repeat what I've already said.
I do not have time to maintain two separate sets of programs.
DOS is a legacy operating system.  I recognise its advantages
for contest logging, but there are significant disadvantages
as well - in particular the fact that many laptops will not
run the DOS version of SD at all.  On the other hand, the
Windows versions run on all modern PCs (no exceptions) with
no need for any memory configuration tweaks.

Sorry, but it's time to move on - the DOS/Windows battle is over. 

> I have nothing against Windows for office-type applications;
> by and large such programs (Word, Excel etc) work well, but
> for more specialised apps that need deterministic, accurately
> -timed processing (eg keying a serial or parallel port)

WinKey is an elegant and inexpensive solution to the CW timing
problem, and SD supports WinKey.

73,
Paul EI5DI