[WriteLog] Ports

[Don Melcher]

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 18:39:56 -0600
To: writelog@contesting.com
From: Marty Tippin <martyt@pobox.com>
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Ports

At 04:52 PM 12/23/2002, Stan Staten wrote:
>Just add hard disk (or move the one from the old
>computer which is what I did) and a display card and you have a working

>computer.

And for operating systems, there's absolutely nothing to be gained in a 
shack PC by going to Windows XP -- in fact, Windows 98 is perfectly 
adequate and easy to obtain.

So an older computer with Win98 would be (and is) my primary choice for
a 
shack computer. My main shack PC is a Compaq DeskPro 600, with 256MB of 
ram. It runs my logging software and a real-time weather station without

any problems (my weather station is at http:://home.kc.rr.com/nw0l/wx if

you're interested).

73,

-Marty NW0L


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Win 98 & a 600 MHz computer - finally, a voice of sanity! 

I always chuckle when I read of all the users having this problem or
that because they are running XP on a whiz-bang 2-GHZ machine and
something won't work. Chuckle as I read it on my e-Machine 600/Win98
that is the shack computer (along side a 366/Win98 that is the server
for my HF Remote over the internet - both share the same keyboard, video
& mouse via a IOGEAR KVM switch). 

If I wanted to add a third whiz-bang - do everything machine where I
need more power for graphics or something - I have 2 additional spots on
the KVM switch. Serial ports - no problem - I have 7 on one machine and
6 on the other - using USB > serial devices that work just fine. There
are other ways to do it too.... 

But you just don't need a lot of computer - I run a P133/Win95
sub-notebook portable just fine - can add 2 serial ports & network with
PCMCIA cards if I need them.

Don
W6ZO

(no - you won't find my call in a lot of your contest logs - crappy QTH,
RFI with neighbor and no time - use WL for casual contesting and general
logging)