[WriteLog] XP Pro and Writelog compatibility

[Richard Thorne]

Mike:

I've been using the home version of XP with no problems.

However, don't plan on using the parallel port, its not supported in XP.
There is a driver out there to make it work but I think its much easier to
use your com ports.  I have 6 com ports but only use 3 of them

1: Rig Control
2: FSK (not needed if you don't run rtty or you run AFSK)
3: CW

If you only have one serial port its pretty inexpensive these days to add a
2 port pci card to your pc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brown" <k9mi@arrl.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:23 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] XP Pro and Writelog compatibility


> I'm new to the list, and this has probably already been
> ran into the ground. Sorry. I don't currently use WriteLog,
> but I have been moved from my radio room, to a small
> corner of the bedroom. So, it would be easier to not
> have to switch pc's when it's time for a contest. This pc
> is a 600 mhz Athlon running XP Pro with 384 meg of
> ram. Is anyone else having success with XP Pro and
> WriteLog? I can use serial or parallel for cw keying,
> and use one serial port for rig control. I use packet
> sometimes, but not very often in a contest. This PC
> just has one serial port, but I can pull the Byte Runner
> PCI card out of the Dos machine and put it in this
> one. They do have Win2k/XP drivers for my card,
> so hopefully it would work ok.
>
> 73 - Mike K9MI
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