[WriteLog] Ritty with WriteLog

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> so it could conceivably be run on an old $20 Win95/whatever laptop.

Are you sure?  I thought RITTY required a true ISA Sound Blaster which
would mean that laptops - or most of the modern PC motherboards are not
suitable.  Of course, perhaps someone has an ancient 80286 (AT) or
original Pentium with ISA slots, Soundblaster and MSDOS gathering
dust <G>.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 3/25/2013 5:02 PM, Jerry Flanders wrote:
> Just a thought - if you can't get it to run in a DOS box, it can be
> configured to output to a serial port (IIRC), so it could conceivably be
> run on an old $20 Win95/whatever laptop. This way, that laptop would
> become a dedicated ordinary hardware modem - don't even bother with its
> screen. Install DOS as the primary opsys if necessary. Would need a
> serial port in the main computer also, I guess.
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
> At 04:38 PM 3/25/2013, Don AA5AU wrote:
>> Anyone still using Ritty by K6STI in a DOS window?
>>
>> If so, I'd like to know what kind of operating system you are using
>> and how it works.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don AA5AU
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