[TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?

[Ron Castro]

I just ordered a new laptop today and faced the daunting question of "XP or 
VISTA", so I checked with my broadcast colleagues on the Radio-Tech 
reflector and not a single person recommended VISTA. One guy called it a 
"trainwreck" and another said it was the worst OS release since Windows 
"Mistake Edition" (ME)!  Since the laptop comes with VISTA and since someday 
Microsoft will stop supporting XP, I checked into "downgrading", at least 
for now, until VISTA gets fixed and I found this information about 
"Downgrade Rights" on the MS website:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/f/4/5f4c83d3-833e-4f11-8cbd-699b0c164182/royaltyoemreferencesheet.pdf

So I ordered the laptop with no OS installed, but with the VISTA DVD shipped 
with it, and I will run on XP Pro until moving to VISTA makes sense.  I have 
dozens of ham radio programs that, at this point, don't support VISTA.

                     Ron N6IE
                www.N6IE.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <fraz1 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?


> Yes Dave.....more and more it's related back to the Vista OS.  In fact, 
> none
> of my ham apps work with it.  I'm going back to XP, myself.
>
> 73 John K4NP
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned at centurytel.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?
>
>
>>I finally switched back from VISTA to XP Pro.  I don't use WL - use Logic8
>> and CWType. I was unable to get CWType to work consistently on VISTA.
>> Sometimes it would work, sometime not.  Very strange.  On XP Pro, never
>> have
>> a problem.
>>
>> Dave K5WNV
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <K5XS at aol.com>
>> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion and WriteLog users?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I hope you all keep this discussion on the reflector and don't take it
>>> off
>>> line.  It is interesting.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Bernie K5XS
>>>
>>> In a message dated 7/9/2007 7:42:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> fraz1 at bellsouth.net writes:
>>>
>>> Hi  Steve, and thanks for the kind reply.
>>>
>>> I presently have a cable from the  Orion serial port to the USB port of
>>> my
>>> new laptop via a USB  adapter.  I can change bands from the WL program,
>>> and
>>> can key the  transmitter.  However, I cannot send CW from the laptop
>>> using
>>> WL.  It keys the rig, but does not send the CW.  Also, while it  changes
>>> bands via WL, it does not show the exact freq when logging?   Any ideas?
>>> I
>>> should indicate that I'm using the wonderful Vista OS  (NOT).
>>>
>>> 73 John K4NP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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