Using trlog on win95

[Mark Bailey]

I used trlog on three windows95 computers at field day.  What I did was
force win95 not to come up on a boot.  Then, DOS 7 (or whatever) comes
up and tr worked fine.  The procedure for doing this is described in the
following e-mail from the CT reflector.

>From ATHSU@mca.comWed Jun  5 22:03:35 1996
>Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 10:43:00 PDT
>From: "Hsu, Aaron" <ATHSU@mca.com>
>To: ct-user@ve7tcp.ampr.org
>Subject: Booting straight to DOS with Win95...

>It's not too hard...
>
 * from the Win95 desktop, shell out to a DOS prompt
> * go to the root directory "CD \"
> * remove the hidden, system, read-only attributes from the file MSDOS.SYS
>   "attrib -r -s -h msdos.sys"
> * edit the MSDOS.SYS file (using EDIT, NOTEPAD or any ASCII editor)
> * find the line that has "BootGUI=1" and change it to "BootGUI=0"
> * save the MSDOS.SYS file
> * restore the hidden, system, read-only attributes to the MSDOS.SYS file
>   "attrib +r +s +h msdos.sys"
> * EXIT from the DOS shell
> * Shutdown and restart the system

>Your computer will now start in DOS mode, process the CONFIG.SYS and 
>AUTOEXEC.BAT files, and put you at the famous "C:>" prompt.  From here, you 
>can do anything you would have normally done with older versions of DOS, 
>including starting Windows (95).  Just type "win".


I changed this to just type WIN95 using the following.

>Here's a tip/trick.  When you start Win95 this way, you can get back to the 
>DOS prompt after shutting down Windows (not a restart, but a shutdown). 
> When the "you can now safely turn off your computer" message comes up on 
>your screen, type in "mode co80".  This will put the video adapter back 
>into 
>text mode and you'll be back at a DOS prompt.  Better yet, create a batch 
>file that automatically does this for you.  The following "WIN95.BAT" file 
>is what I use:

>  @echo off
>  win
>  mode co80
>  cls
>  echo It is now safe to turn off your computer.  On this system,
>  echo type "WIN95" to restart Windows95.
>  pause

>This will start Win95 and when I "Shutdown", it takes me back to a DOS 
>prompt, puts me in text mode and clears the screen with a "shutdown" 
>reminder.  I do this with all the Win95 installations that I do.  You can 
>also make WIN95.BAT the last line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  This will 
>automatically start you into the Win95 GUI when you turn on your system 
>(just like before), but it will put you at a DOS prompt when you 
>"shutdown". 
> It's great for when you make changes to your system registry or when you 
>install a new program that want's to restart your computer.  Just shutdown 
>and start Win95 again using your WIN95.BAT file.  No waiting for memory 
>checks, video memory checks, POST, etc.

>Good luck & 73!

>  - Aaron Hsu, KD6DAE
>    athsu@mca.com



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On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Paul D. Walker II wrote:

> Has anybody tried using trlog on windows95?  The notebook I have been using
> for contests was recently upgraded to 95.  I am going to use someone elses
> station for IARU and forgot about this minor detail.  How about interfacing
> with the rig?  Did that work ok?
> 
> Hopefull,
> 
> Paul Walker, N9WHG
> 
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