[TRLog] TRLog in Linux

[Thomas M. Schaefer]

I think DOSEMU is the best way to go. Has anyone tried it with TR?

Tom
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From: "D. R. Evans" <N7DR@arrl.net>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] TRLog in Linux


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> On 30 Jun 00, at 6:35, n3gmw@aol.com wrote:
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> >
> > Please add my vote to those wanting a version in Linux. I've been
wanting
> > to convert to Linux but haven't because I'm not sure if I can stand to
> > lose some of my favorite programs. TRLog being one of them. Also be nice
> > if it supports USB (universal serial bus not upper side band) ;-)
> >
>
> A couple of off-the-top-of-my-head comments about this, and they're
> probably worth what you're paying for them:
>
> 1. I believe that TR is written in a sort of objectised Pascal, so porting
> it to something like Linux would be a major pain.
>
> 2. USB support in the Linux kernel is pretty poor. (One is tempted to say
> non-existent.)
>
> 3. I've been deeply disappointed by Linux. No matter what the hype says, I
> have found it to be not at all ready for prime time. The kernel itself is
> great, but to try to change anything is to ask for trouble, and most of
the
> applications are a long way behind their Windows counterparts. Sad but
> true, at least from the vantage of this ex-UNIX sysadmin. (A typical
> example, although it has nothing to do with TR but just happens to be
fresh
> on my mind: I spent more than an hour yesterday trying to figure out how
to
> enter a single accented character into KLyX.)
>
> 4. I'd _much_ rather that Mr. Tree spend his time improving TR than
porting
> it. Perhaps if people are sufficiently desperate for a port, Tree could
> come to some sort of arrangement with a third party to do the port for
him,
> but that (of course) is entirely up to him.
>
>   Doc  N7DR
>
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