Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Fuggitaboutit wrote: there was all this talk about the old uarts in the older machines which i dont really believe if you can get the sofare to run in a dos box then great it wouldnt matter how new the machine hardware software is the spectra radio here works but the grief i would have to go through to get the radio to communicate with anything is not worth my time The problem is that the timing loops associated with serial communication in that software run too fast on modern hardware, causing the software to try to talk to the radio faster than the radio is capable of writing to its firmware. i386 virtual machines are great, but it is possible to have something execute in that virtual machine at 2+ GHz today. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
check http://www.dosbox.com/ works for me in all machines.. 73 On 29-03-2010 11:21, Kris Kirby wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Fuggitaboutit wrote: there was all this talk about the old uarts in the older machines which i dont really believe if you can get the sofare to run in a dos box then great it wouldnt matter how new the machine hardware software is the spectra radio here works but the grief i would have to go through to get the radio to communicate with anything is not worth my time The problem is that the timing loops associated with serial communication in that software run too fast on modern hardware, causing the software to try to talk to the radio faster than the radio is capable of writing to its firmware. i386 virtual machines are great, but it is possible to have something execute in that virtual machine at 2+ GHz today. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
One important thing to remember about dosbox and Motorola RSS is that your PC needs a real serial port that has both windows and dos compatible drivers. Preferably a 16540 style UART works best with a new PC, dosbox and some Motorola RSS software, still really old RSS like that for the syntor X9000 will not work in dosbox. Also as to USB adapters, I have never been able to get a USB to serial adapter to work with Motorola RSS and dosbox, you absolutely need a serial port that is dos capable. Mike --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Carlos Neves (CT3FQ) ct...@... wrote: check http://www.dosbox.com/ works for me in all machines.. 73 On 29-03-2010 11:21, Kris Kirby wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Fuggitaboutit wrote: there was all this talk about the old uarts in the older machines which i dont really believe if you can get the sofare to run in a dos box then great it wouldnt matter how new the machine hardware software is the spectra radio here works but the grief i would have to go through to get the radio to communicate with anything is not worth my time The problem is that the timing loops associated with serial communication in that software run too fast on modern hardware, causing the software to try to talk to the radio faster than the radio is capable of writing to its firmware. i386 virtual machines are great, but it is possible to have something execute in that virtual machine at 2+ GHz today. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
there was all this talk about the old uarts in the older machines which i dont really believe if you can get the sofare to run in a dos box then great it wouldnt matter how new the machine hardware software is the spectra radio here works but the grief i would have to go through to get the radio to communicate with anything is not worth my time --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Wade sacramento.cycl...@... wrote: Good evening, Well the subject line asks the question.The Dell M70 is a 1.8 ghz Pentium M machine. What I've done is this: Installed DOS7.1 (the Wind98SE one) in a dual boot arrangement on its own partition. I have been able to run RSS under this DOS on a different machine. Run FIFO.com to disable the FIFO buffer on the 16550A UART Run RSS with MoSlo at various slower speeds with both methods of slowdown. Constructive suggestions welcome...Thanks! Dennis -- I've been wondering lately...Where am I going and why AM I in this hand basket?? - Dennis L. Wade KG6ZI Carmichael, CA
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
Are the serial ports on a PCMCIA card or does the laptop treat the serial port as a card? You may need some additional software known as a point enabler to access it under DOS. --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, burkleoj joeburk...@... wrote: Dennis, I have had problems with both the MT1000 and HT600 software on some laptops. I had to use the DOS MODE command to hard set the serial port to 9600,8,N,1 parameters to make one Dell laptop work and I never could make a couple other laptops work no matter what I tried. I have used both Dell and Gateway P1 and PII desktops with no issues and have not had to use any of the tricks that some laptops require. I tried the above combination with both a Motorola programmer and a aftermarket unit with the same results. The laptops either worked with both programmers or did not work with either programmer. Good Luck. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Wade sacramento.cyclist@ wrote: Good evening, Well the subject line asks the question.The Dell M70 is a 1.8 ghz Pentium M machine. What I've done is this: Installed DOS7.1 (the Wind98SE one) in a dual boot arrangement on its own partition. I have been able to run RSS under this DOS on a different machine. Run FIFO.com to disable the FIFO buffer on the 16550A UART Run RSS with MoSlo at various slower speeds with both methods of slowdown. Constructive suggestions welcome...Thanks! Dennis -- I've been wondering lately...Where am I going and why AM I in this hand basket?? - Dennis L. Wade KG6ZI Carmichael, CA
[Repeater-Builder] Re: Anyone get RSS for MT1000 to run on a Dell M70 in DOS?
Dennis, I have had problems with both the MT1000 and HT600 software on some laptops. I had to use the DOS MODE command to hard set the serial port to 9600,8,N,1 parameters to make one Dell laptop work and I never could make a couple other laptops work no matter what I tried. I have used both Dell and Gateway P1 and PII desktops with no issues and have not had to use any of the tricks that some laptops require. I tried the above combination with both a Motorola programmer and a aftermarket unit with the same results. The laptops either worked with both programmers or did not work with either programmer. Good Luck. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Wade sacramento.cycl...@... wrote: Good evening, Well the subject line asks the question.The Dell M70 is a 1.8 ghz Pentium M machine. What I've done is this: Installed DOS7.1 (the Wind98SE one) in a dual boot arrangement on its own partition. I have been able to run RSS under this DOS on a different machine. Run FIFO.com to disable the FIFO buffer on the 16550A UART Run RSS with MoSlo at various slower speeds with both methods of slowdown. Constructive suggestions welcome...Thanks! Dennis -- I've been wondering lately...Where am I going and why AM I in this hand basket?? - Dennis L. Wade KG6ZI Carmichael, CA
