[TRLog] TRLog and Win98

[Ted Sarah]

If what my techs tell me is true, the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files that
were required by DOS are not used at all by Win95/98.  I have never modified my
AUTOEXEC.BAT and TR runs great under Win95/98.

73 - Ted - W8TTS

Alan Braun wrote:

> I've had no trouble running tr on a win98 machine.  You do need to change
> the "path" statement in the autoexec.bat file to include the directory where
> you have tr installed.  The main flaw to running tr in a window is that
> win98 has a tendency to write to cache and do other system housekeeping
> chores at inconvenient times.  You don't notice this running a normal
> application, but if it does so while you're sending a cw message, the cw
> speed goes down to 5 wpm very quickly!  Your best bet is to boot to DOS, or
> boot an older version of DOS such as 6.22 from a floppy (but that won't work
> if you're using FAT32).  You won't want to run tr from a desktop shortcut
> because you will be starting it from a different directory each time.
>
> Editing the autoexec.bat file can be done by going to a dos window and
> typing "Edit autoexec.bat" while in the C:\ directory.  If you don't
> currently have one this will make it for you.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions.
>
> 73 - Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce A (General Mitchell ARS)
> <Bruce.Richardson@mke.afres.af.mil>
> To: 'trlog@contesting.com' <trlog@contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 7:47 PM
> Subject: [TRLog] TRLog and Win98
>
> >
> >I have a new machine for my ham stuff that has only Win 98.  To those of
> >you that have successfully run TRLog in Win98, or in a DOS window, or by
> >dropping or booting to DOS, could you give me some inputs on how to get
> >TRLog to run?
> >
> >If TRLog "can" run via a shortcut on my desktop, I'd like to do that
> >best.
> >
> >What are some of the issues you had to deal with to get things to work?
> >Locked up com ports?
> >
> >I'm running it on a 486-66 with 20 Meg ram.
> >
> >Where I'm clueless is how to give/get Win98 an autoexec.bat and
> >config.sys.  Is there a way to edit those files for Win98 to see?
> >Anymore clues on how to "boot" to DOS with Win98 as opposed to "shutdown
> >to DOS"?  I understand that I'll need to change the path command when I
> >get to the autoexec.bat.  That should be no problem.
> >
> >I look forward to the assistance--Thanks!
> >Bruce W9FZ
> >"Two cows are standing in a field.  One says, "Moo."  The other says,
> >"Bastard! I was going to say that!" -- Alexei Sayle
> >
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