[TRLog] TRLog in Linux

[Thomas M. Schaefer]

"1. high-speed LANs (100 Base-T or better)
2. IR, USB, firewire, etc.

DOS will never be able to fully utilize these computer features and
whatever else shows up.

"

I disagree that I need Fire on a logging computer. I do not intend to put
streaming video from my digital camcorder into my contest logger.  Please
remember that I did not say log program should not be in other systems, just
a single purpose program like TR for contest logging.

Tom NY4I
----- Original Message -----
From: <dick@pobox.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] TRLog in Linux


>
> 30 JUN, 2000 - 1330 CDT
>
> I too would like to have a Linux version of TRLog.  But I also agree
> with all the reasons presented so far that demonstrate why it may be
> a long time - if ever - in coming.
>
>  From a programming point of view, it would probably be easier to build
> a Linux (or Windows) based contest logging program from scratch.  And
> this is what I think will happen in the not too distant future.  In the
> realm of Amateur Radio computer software, *contest* logging software is
> about the only product that has not been written outside of the DOS
> environment.
>
> Why do I believe this will happen?  Two phrases come to mind:
>
> 1. high-speed LANs (100 Base-T or better)
> 2. IR, USB, firewire, etc.
>
> DOS will never be able to fully utilize these computer features and
> whatever else shows up.
>
> BTW, my LAN communications server is using Debian Linux.  Granted it's
> not the most user-friendly software around.  But except for one software
> tweaking session, it's been up continuously since the middle of last
> December.  How long do you think a Windows OS 7x24 server will run
> without re-booting before it crashes?
>
> Dick Isely, W9GIG
>
>
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