[TenTec] Logging contests under Vista

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

Go here and download VirtualPC 2007:

http://www.microsoft.com/virtualpc

It will allow you to create a "virtual" computer in Windows.  You can then install whatever OS you want in the "virtual machine" (VM) session to run your old apps.

You'll need as much RAM as you want to assign to the VM, but DOS sessions only require a couple megs and Win9x works well with 64 to 128MB.  Best of all, VPC 2007 is *FREE* (just make sure you have an OS license for the VM).

BTW, *everything* is emulated/virtualized in VM sessions (including COM and LPT ports).  If you have keyers or other components that rely on COM/LPT ports, VM's may not work for you as there is latency.  Also, VPC 2007 does not virtualize USB ports - if you need USB virtualization, a competitor product, VMWare, will do this.  It's about $250, but it's much more powerful and flexible than Microsoft's VPC 2007.  VMWare is at http://www.vmware.com.


73,

  - Aaron Hsu, NN6O (ex-KD6DAE)
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    {aaron.hsu}@nbcuni.com
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:47 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Logging contests under Vista

Alas, my venerable CT logging software won't run under Vista. (ya gotta love that)

What works? or does someone have a fix

Dave
WA3MKB