[WriteLog] Re: CW doesn't work after upgrading to
WindowsXP from Win95/98/ME
Gil Baron
gbaron@home.com
Fri, 02 Nov 2001 06:20:52 -0600
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At 06:43 11/1/2001, Jim Reisert wrote:
>So this begs the question:
>
>If DX4WIN can send CW via the LPT port under Windows NT/2K/XP, why can't
>Writelog?
Either they have written a driver for LPT OR they do it but VERY poorly
when multitasking. There is no way around this. WriteLog CORRECTLY in my
opinion chose not to even try. It would be nice if WriteLog would create a
driver but there is the 29 dollar driver available but I do not want to
spend 30 for a minor improvement to a 75 dollar program.
>73 - Jim AD1C
>
>At 12:06 AM 11/1/2001 -0600, Duane A Calvin wrote about DX4WIN:
>
>>Paul provided the clue to my problem that caused the CW keying on the
>>parallel port to stop working when I upgraded fromWinME to WinXP. The
>>NT/2000/XP series of products require a different port driver than the
>>95/98/ME series. Since I couldn't find a simple way to just extract the
>>one file and install it, I simply reinstalled 5.03 and all works fine
>>now. This will only be a problem if you "upgrade" as described above.
>>If you do a fresh install, this would be automatically loaded when you
>>reinstall DX4WIN. Thanks, Paul, for the tip!
>
>--
>Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
>USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
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At 06:43 11/1/2001, Jim Reisert wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So this begs the
question:<br><br>
If DX4WIN can send CW via the LPT port under Windows NT/2K/XP, why can't
Writelog?<br>
</blockquote><br><br>
Either they have written a driver for LPT OR they do it but VERY poorly
when multitasking. There is no way around this. WriteLog CORRECTLY in my
opinion chose not to even try. It would be nice if WriteLog would create
a driver but there is the 29 dollar driver available but I do not want to
spend 30 for a minor improvement to a 75 dollar program.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>73 - Jim AD1C<br><br>
At 12:06 AM 11/1/2001 -0600, Duane A Calvin wrote about DX4WIN:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Paul provided the clue to my
problem that caused the CW keying on the<br>
parallel port to stop working when I upgraded fromWinME to WinXP.
The<br>
NT/2000/XP series of products require a different port driver than
the<br>
95/98/ME series. Since I couldn't find a simple way to just extract
the<br>
one file and install it, I simply reinstalled 5.03 and all works
fine<br>
now. This will only be a problem if you "upgrade" as
described above.<br>
If you do a fresh install, this would be automatically loaded when
you<br>
reinstall DX4WIN. Thanks, Paul, for the tip!</blockquote><br>
--<br>
Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863<br>
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>,
<a href="http://www.ad1c.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.ad1c.com</a><br><br>
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