[TRLog] Booting to MS-DOS with Windows ME

[Gary J. Ferdinand W2CS]

Pete,

I'm happy to see at least one person noticed my attempt at humor (grenade).
Thanks!

Agreed, Pete.  I could do this. If this so-called cycle stealing ever became
a problem you bet I'd have a DOS boot partition set up exactly as you
suggest. Or, I'd just try out another logging program and bite the bullet on
it.

I don't think this cycle-stealing argument, mentioned on other postings,
holds much weight, frankly. I've used TR under windows for years with no
problems, once the machine is configured correctly.  And, yes, I've been
known to use CW just a wee bit :) ..  As for problems if it were a true
windows application, well, perhaps, but gosh I see so many applications out
there with rich graphics and time-dependent stuff (games, for example), that
such problems must have solutions today.  I think we're just getting old
myths restated and restated.

The real issue I think is TRLog is a cash cow.  It takes immense effort to
rewrite/write a new application not only on a windows platform, but likely
using a modern development environment in addition. I speculate that's the
real reason we don't have TRLog on windows.

We're seeing the end of DOS support with current Microshaft offerings.
Somehow I don't think Linux can spell DOS either, but I'm just learning to
spell it right now, so I might be wrong.

I want DOS only to run TR?  Not if there's an alternative, I don't.

73 y'all,

Gary W2CS
Apex, NC





| -----Original Message-----
| From: owner-trlog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-trlog@contesting.com]On
| Behalf Of Pete Smith
| Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 3:33 PM
| To: trlog@contesting.com
| Subject: RE: [TRLog] Booting to MS-DOS with Windows ME
|
|
|
| At 03:15 PM 1/5/01 -0500, Gary J. Ferdinand  W2CS wrote:
| >
| ><pin pulled>
| >
| >Of course the real and only proper solution is to get a TRLog
| function going
| >on a windows supported interface.  DOS may be tried and true, but its
| >support for new devices is dwindling and its capability in terms of
| >utilizing a computer is minimal/abysmal.  I have neither the
| space nor the
| >inclination to keep a spare 386/486 machine around just to run TRLog on
| >DOS...not when the rest of the shack is cooking on a P3 for
| various digital
| >modes.
| >
| >Tree, are you working on a TRLog-for-Windoze?  If one were to exist, or a
| >competitor were to crop up, I'd change in a heartbeat, frankly.  If it
| >worked, of course :))
| >
| ><grenade thrown>  73.
|
| <falling on the grenade ... the things I do in the name of fun!>
|
| And then you, too, could require a $100 outboard keyer unit to do what
| Windows apparently cannot.
|
| Why not simply keep a DOS 7 (Win 95) boot disk around so that you can
| always boot your P3 to DOS when you need it, or do what I do with Win98SE
| -- use a DOS window and shut down background services through the Task
| Manager to avoid CPU conflicts.  Partition Magic is another
| proven solution
| -- set aside a *mere* 100 Mb on your hard drive for a DOS partition and
| you're set forever.
| >
|
|
| 73, Pete N4ZR
| Contesting is!
|


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