[TRLog] Running under Win98

[Robert Brandon]

I'd add this:  be aware of what programs are running "dormant" on your
machine.  Take a look at the items in your Systray -- the set of little
icons in the lower right corner of the screen.  Anti-virus programs, the
Task Scheduler, and similar programs can wake up to do their thing and seize
processor cycles.  This can mess up CW timing and possibly cause other
problems.  Once you've created your TR shortcut, choose properties, and look
through the tabs.  Choose the "suspend all background programs" option.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-trlog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-trlog@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Gary J. Ferdinand W2CS
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 8:44 PM
To: TRLOG; jimsmith@home.com
Subject: RE: [TRLog] Running under Win98



| 2.
| My computer runs Win98.  I don't want to restart it in DOS mode, I want
| to run TR from Win98.  What do I have to do tell TR which directory to
| look in for what it needs?  I don't care how I start TR, whether from a
| win98 shortcut, from the RUN dialogue box, or by doubleclicking tr.exe
| in the explorer file list, or even by running a .bat file using one of
| those methods.  I'd even use Visual Basic if I had to.
|

Jim,

I use TRLog under win98 just as you desire to do.  It seems like there's a
group of guys out there who swear by doing it and another group who swears
at doing it.  So far, I've not been burned.  Issues, if any, seem to have to
do with fights between windows and TR over who owns the serial port being
used.  Again, TR has run without incident here under windows98 through many
a contest and many a release of TR.  Same is true for Windows95 for that
matter

Try it and test it.

Create a shortcut icon to TR.EXE.  If you haven't done this before, one way
to do it is to use the windows file explorer (right-click START, select
explore) and navigate to the subdirectory containing TR.EXE.  Right click on
TR.EXE and select shortcut.  Drag the shortcut to where ever you want it,
such as  the desktop. ("right" here assumes your mouse is set up for a
right-handed person.)

Now, open up the shortcut object itself by right clicking on it and
selecting properties.  The window you will see will have several tabs.  One
of them will show a command line, probably containing TR.EXE.  Also in this
window will be a specification of the working directory.  Set it up to point
to the TR subdirectory.  That's all there is to it.  Close the shortcut
object.  To launch TR just click on the TR shortcut (double or single click
depending no whether you've set up Win98 as a classic or active desktop).
This all assumes you have all TR-related files in one subdirectory.

If you don't like the window it runs in (too small or fonts not right, etc),
you can go back to the icon and edit those parameters.  Or, you can edit the
icon to use a full-screen mode, instead.  Up to you.  I've done both.  I've
noted no difference, performance-wise.

If you wish to put parameters on the TR.EXE command line, just add them into
the shortcut icon.

GL!

73,

Gary W2CS





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