[Trlog] RE: Virtual PC & TR ?

[Eric Hilding]

?>> Igor, UA9CDC wrote:
 >>>
 >> > Rick, there is one work around. Put 98SE onto your thumb drive
 >> > instead of DOS and you have USB support.
 >>
 >> Really?  This would be most incredible, and requires booting to the thumb
 >> drive on power up, right???

 > Yes if you want to keep Win98 on a thumb drive. In my case it is on the hard
 > drive. I have double boot (win 98 and Win XP)
 > Running applications from the Dos box from Win98SE enables me to have access
 > to USB keyboard, mouse, all the USB external devices (BELKIN USB to RS232
 > works just fine for CAT).

My understanding was that I thought it was better to NOT run TR from within 
a WIN98(SE) "Dos Prompt"...especially looking at doing 5,000 QSOs or more???

I understand WIN98(SE) is necessary for the USB to PS/2 widget, and was 
able to get my external mini-keyboard working per your info but NOT my 
X-Keys Macro devices, which require proprietary non-standard drivers.  It 
doesn't appear that I can "mix & match", but plan to call the X-Keys Tech 
folks next week and see if there is any possibility.

KD4D has sent me some FB info, and I'm going to have a computer guru ham 
friend see what he can do with the 256MB Thumb Drive I just bought at Radio 
Shack this morning :-)

73...

Rick, K6VVA