[Trlog] Thumb drives, DOS and TR

[Barney Rubble]

Well i have to admit i have not actually tried it but plan to soon... i have used compact flash memory extensively for years and it acts like another hard drive on ur pc very fast, erasable and rewriteable etc.   a very good tool for moving big data files from one pc to another ......

in order to have tr and wlog on the same pc with windows xp pro as the primary operating system i have a second hd on the pc with with win 98 and when i want tr i boot off that drive into win 98 and then tr ...... 

i especially like wlog for rtty so2r but having trouble weaning myself from tr especially for cw work!   there is none better for cw in my opinion ..... on the other hand long term, a windows based contest logger is going to win out ....

i originally thot tr was hard to learn and setup etc. but its a piece of cake compared to wlog!!   if it were not for the likes of the wlog users group wlog wud be dead for lack of support ..... and, i understand that wlog is a hobby connected project for the developer w5xd and he cannot be xpected to be a miniature bill gats with support etc.  
w5xd is to be commended as is tree and k1ea and k8cc  for their pioneering work on comprehensive contest logging sw for us less talented in these esoteric matters!!
de bob w7gg


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kd4d at comcast.net 
  To: Barney Rubble 
  Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 2:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Trlog] Thumb drives, DOS and TR


  Hi Barney:

  Have you found a computer that will assign a BIOS device letter to one
  of these things and boot off of it?  Maybe it does work for a USB
  connection to a compact flash reader?

  Would you mind verifying that it works and your configuration?

  The PCMCIA/PCI variants that I used to use wouldn't do this.  Are
  you talking about a USB connected reader?  I'd love to find out that
  we can do this...

  73,

  Mark

    -------------- Original message -------------- 

    > flash mem card/reader is also very workable choice...de w7gg 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Joe Staples" 
    > To: 
    > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:56 AM 
    > Subject: Re: [Trlog] Thumb drives, DOS and TR 
    > 
    > 
    > > I noticed this exchange and it occurred to me that the same thing might be 
    > > possible using a CompactFlash memory card in a USB Reader or PCMCIA card 
    > > slot. It might be interesting to try as an alternative. 
    > > 
    > > Joe, W5ASP 
    > > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > > From: 
    > > To: "Pete Smith" ; 
    > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:50 PM 
    > > Subject: Re: [Trlog] Thumb drives, DOS and TR 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > > Hi Pete: 
    > > > 
    > > > Great. I also have DOS on a USB stick and it works on both of my 
    > > > new computers that I have tested! Kinda neat. 
    > > > 
    > > > I'm working on documenting the procedure to create a 
    > > > bootable DOS CD that will allow you to boot DOS on a computer 
    > > > that doesn't have a USB port or a floppy drive. The issue there 
    > > > of course is where do you store the log? 
    > > > 
    > > > 73, 
    > > > 
    > > > Mark, KD4D 
    > > > 
    > > > 
    > > > > Stopped in at Staples today and bought a 128 MB Sony thumb drive, on 
    > > sale 
    > > > > for $14.98 after rebate. Plugged into my Dell XP Home computer, 
    > booted 
    > > up 
    > > > > on a DOS 7 (Windows 98) floppy, and I now have the functional 
    > equivalent 
    > > of 
    > > > > a DOS partition, with the added benefit of portability. 
    > > > > 
    > > > > I realize that not all BIOSes will recognize all thumb drives, but 
    > this 
    > > was 
    > > > > what I'd call a low-cost experiment, and it works! 
    > > > > 
    > > > > Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to pursue this. 
    > > > > 
    > > > > 73, Pete N4ZR 
    > > > > The World HF Contest Station Database 
    > > > > was updated 20 Oct 2004 
    > > > > 2796 contest stations at 
    > > > > www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm 
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