[TenTec] Scrounging!
HGLENT
hglent at ix.netcom.com
Fri Dec 6 10:06:12 EST 2002
This is kind of off list, but it should be OK since I'm using a TT
radio... :-)
I have an APDS digi here on the mountain that uses one of the older TT 2
meter rigs. It works great! The digi also has a weather reporting
computer connected to it and regularly beacons the weather data.
Last summer a lightning strike here in the rocks got the weather
computer, consequently the digi is working fine, but not reporting the
weather. I scrounged up an old 386 clone to use. I found the 386 has
only one comma port, and no way to get a second port out of the card.
Since the wax app runs in DOS I need to find one of the old type of
hardware setup I/O cards with 2 comma ports.
Does anyone out there have one of these old cards laying around, or even
an old 286 or 386 with 2 ports I could scrounge? I know this seems like
not a big thing, but that old stuff is like hens teeth to find now.
I would be happy to pay the freight etc. to get this thing back up and
running, as this digi is on top of my mountain and provides service over
a 250 mile radius.
If you would like to see some of the weather reports, there is a web
site www.wxqa.com that posts the data. My site is listed as
BAGG Mountain.
Thanks in advance for the help on this.
Paul K.
WA0BAG
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