[TenTec] Firmware upgrade Pegasus

[Mark Erbaugh]

I wonder if the TT flash program is a 16-bit windows program as is their
control program. We probably should encourage TT to update the flash program
to 32-bit, especially if there are going to be any new firmware updates.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr at att.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 23:47 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Firmware upgrade Pegasus


> There may be a slight hitch here in that XP allows a program to be run in
a
> compatibility mode, such as W95, but XP itself cannot, as far as I have
> found, be configured to operate as if it were simulating W95. The
> compatibility mode evidently disables those features of XP which would
> otherwise prevent a given application from running and replaces them with
> the required W95, for example, features that are involved.
>
> This is really a Catch-22 when it comes to trying to install a program if
> the installer is "smart" enough to detect the OS and decides that the
> program won't run under that OS and then refuses to install it. I tried
> running the install program in compatibility mode, but you cannot invoke
> that mode on any program that isn't already installed!
>
> But, on the plus side, it does enable a lot of older software to see a bit
> longer useful life. My experience is limited to XP Pro - I do not know if
XP
> Home is the same or not.
>
> 73/72, George
> Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
> "In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
>