[TRLog] Re: [TR-Log update] TR Version 6.69...

[Barry Martz]

Alan
I just loaded the ver 6.70  on my 1.4gig pentium using Windows ME and it
works fine in a DOS window.  Just for test purposes, I loaded it in log
directory, START, RUN, D:\LOG\TR.EXE.  Everything came up like usual.

73 de Barry/K8BK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Kaul" <alan.kaul@worldnet.att.net>
To: <kk1l@arrl.net>; <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:47 AM
Subject: [TRLog] Re: [TR-Log update] TR Version 6.69...


> I am having problems running 6.69 and 6.70.  I unzip the disk and install
to a
> new directory and then  type TR to run and both versions report back with
a
> message that says "error in EXE file."
>
> The machine is an IBM Think Pad with Pentium II and uses the Windows ME
> operating system.  I was attempting to run the program in a DOS window
opened by
> clicking on START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/DOS PROMPT.  Since there is no DOS
batch
> file in the root directory, perhaps that is the problem....certainly
"install"
> did not prompt me to make changes in
>
> But, before all of you jump on the "Aha, it's ME's fault" bandwagon--
please
> read the next graph.
>
> What is exasperating is that I still have TR-log 6.60 loaded in another
> directory from the February ARRL DX Contest, same computer, same operating
> system, etc., and that version of the program runs just fine in the
> Accessories/DOS Prompt window.
>
> What is new and different about 6.69 and 6.70 that won't enable a Windows
ME DOS
> window to operate the program (that easily runs older version 6.60)???
>
> If there is no solution---I'll use version 6.60.
>
> Changing computers just isn't an option---I'm on my way to Salt Lake City
and
> only have one laptop and will try to operate there from my hotel room in
the
> IARU contest.  It is a work assignment so staying at home and playing
contester
> on the 486-DOS machine in the shack is not possible.
>
> Any help would be appreciated... please and thanks and best 73.... de alan
(soon
> to be temporary w6rcl/7).
>
> PS-one more thing, when I copied TR.exe (from 6.60) to the directories
that
> contain TR.exe from 6.69 and 6.70, and try to run it -- I get a message
which
> says:
> "runtime error 208 at 0000:CE69"
>
> thanks, again ... alan
> Alan Kaul, W6RCL, LaCanada, CA
> w6rcl@amsat.org
> http://home.att.net/~alan.kaul/index.html
>
>
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