[WriteLog] WriteLog History

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > According to the release notes on the WriteLog website
 > (http://writelog.com/notes/revision-historyversion) version 9.09 was
 > released on June 25, 1998. Interestingly, this is the exact date that
 > Windows 98 was released to retail. The website doesn't

Update history in the WriteLog help file shows version 9.08 also in
June 1998.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 3/10/2014 10:02 AM, Don AA5AU wrote:
> Wayne Wright, W5XD, is the only author of WriteLog for Windows as far
> as I know.
>
> I am not sure when WriteLog was first introduced to the public, but I
> "think" I first used WriteLog in March 1997 in the BARTG RTTY
> Contest. Ron, K5DJ, and I operated Multi-Multi from W5KFT that year
> and set a new world record. I'm pretty sure this is when I first used
> WriteLog but I'm not 100% sure. I'll try to find out from Ron.
>
> According to the release notes on the WriteLog website
> (http://writelog.com/notes/revision-historyversion) version 9.09 was
> released on June 25, 1998. Interestingly, this is the exact date that
> Windows 98 was released to retail. The website doesn't
>
> WriteLog was the first Windows-based contest program that I was aware
> of. Previously I was using CT by K1EA for CW contesting and RTTY by
> WF1B for RTTY contesting. Both of these programs were DOS-based.
>
> I would be interested in hearing the early history of WriteLog from
> Wayne.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
>
>> ________________________________ From: Drew Vonada-Smith
>> <drew at whisperingwoods.org> To: "writelog at contesting.com"
>> <writelog at contesting.com> Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 6:00 PM
>> Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog History
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I am putting together a club presentation on the history of logging
>> and other HR automation.  Can any of you tell me the year of
>> introduction of WriteLog?  Or at least the first widely distributed
>> Windows version?  Who was the original author?
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Drew K3PA
>>
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