[TenTec] Logging contests under Vista

[Kim Elmore]

Now this is new to me. I've run VMWare at work for some time under XP 
Pro, so that I have an easy way to move data between linux and 
Windows apps. I take it that VirtualPC will only run MS OS's. but 
that's fine. I have no interest in Vista right now, but it looks like 
VirtualPC will run under XP Pro.

One of the issues with VMWare is that it couldn't "touch" any of the 
peripherals because XP insulates all peripherals from applications. 
They seem to have solved some of that, but will VirtualPC really run 
the DOS logging programs properly? Such as proper CW keying? I'm 
particularly interested so that I can run TRlog.

I'm running a P-III system here with 512 MB and a 1.46 GHz P-III 
server processor (more cache, but not all motherboards support it). 
However, it's essentially a museum piece so if anything quits, I'm 
pretty much dead in the water.  I know because I had to look long and 
hard to find a replacement mobo after my recent lightning strike. 
Because of that I'm going to migrate to a Athlon X2 4200+ processor 
with 2 GB of DDR2 RAM. At least I can find parts for that system. 
I'll be able to migrate my OS (XP Pro) intact if I use the Windows 
Repair path that eliminates all the existing drivers and reinstalls 
all hardware drivers from scratch. Under that hardware, VirtualPC 
sounds very interesting if it can really "touch" the hardware.

Any experience with this?

Kim Elmore, N5OP

At 11:41 AM 6/22/2007, you wrote:
>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)
>     {nn6o}@arrl.net
>     {aaron.hsu}@nbcuni.com
>     No-QRO Int'l #1,000,006
>     . -..- - .-. .-   ".... . .- ...- -.--"
>
>
>
>
>-----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
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