Re: [digitalradio] Vista Run-time error and ROS

2010-02-19 Thread Bob/Chris
No, I get a run time error 50003. Bob C WU9Q - Original Message - From: Tony To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:50 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Vista Run-time error and ROS Has anyone had any luck running ROS with Vista? Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] Vista Run-time error and ROS

2010-02-19 Thread Tony
Has anyone had any luck running ROS with Vista? Tony -K2MO

[digitalradio] Vista Native Sample Rate

2008-05-25 Thread Tony
All, Does anyone know how to change the native sample rate for USB sound cards with Vista? I'm told the native setting is hidden and not in the normal sound card settings. Thanks, Tony -K2MO

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Alan NV8A
OS/2 lives still, with no help at all from IBM (which, even if it wanted to open-source OS/2, is alleged to have lost the source code of crucial parts of the operating system) but with much help from dedicated programmers in Russia, Eastern Europe and other countries: http://www.ecomstation.com

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Jeff Moore
Actually after reading the Wikipedia article on Windows NT : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT It was originally intended to BE OS/2, but Microsoft mucked up the works by changing from the original API and switching to their own API. That upset IBM (their partner in the development of OS

RE: [digitalradio] Vista (more... Windows History)

2008-03-30 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
NT's background is OpenVMS. NT 3.1 and 3.5 was based on OS/2. Each of the above is PARTIALLY correct. To properly attribute Windows, we need a bit of history. To those who are not interested, sorry for the rambling off-topic post. Please just hit delete. Today's Windows OS was originally

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Howard Brown
saying "OS/2, the operating system of the future. I lived through that experience. Now I use Linux. - Original Message From: Dave AA6YQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:35:27 AM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Vista

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Dave AA6YQ
: [digitalradio] Vista NT's background is OpenVMS. Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: "Peter G. Viscarola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Windows NT TCP/IP network stack had components that were originally > based on BSD code. But th

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Howard Brown
NT 3.1 and 3.5 was based on OS/2. - Original Message From: Simon Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:20:56 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista NT's background is OpenVMS. Simon Br

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Simon Brown
NT's background is OpenVMS. Simon Brown, HB9DRV -- From: "Peter G. Viscarola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Windows NT TCP/IP network stack had components that were originally > based on BSD code. But the OS itself? No, not that I've ever seen. >

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-30 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> >Once I was told that XP also took adventage of some BSD code. > Well, it makes a good trivia question. The Windows NT TCP/IP network stack had components that were originally based on BSD code. But the OS itself? No, not that I've ever seen. de Peter K1PGV

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread Jose A. Amador
Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote: > > > Might want to check that one -- I think you'll find it's > derived from BSD, not Linux. > > 73, > > - ps > > Ken Meinken wrote: > > Actually, the Mac OS is based on Linux. Once I was told that XP also took adventage of some BSD code. Jose, CO2JA

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread David Little
Apologies for continuing down the road to Hijacker's Heaven, but the story below should help settle the dust and my special apologies to the Vista Apologists - Ya'll are holding on to the wrong end of the stick on this one.. David KD4NUE The New York Times

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread AA0OI
- Original Message From: Peter G. Viscarola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 4:13:24 PM Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Vista >Most all of the people that >write all this neg about Vista have no idea about what they are >talking abou

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
>Most all of the people that >write all this neg about Vista have no idea about what they are >talking about. Agreed. >Vista is a good program and is superior to XP. Sorry, I disagree. I'm a kernel-mode programmer. I do Windows operating-system level work for a living. For a lot of reasons,

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread Paul L Schmidt, K9PS
Might want to check that one -- I think you'll find it's derived from BSD, not Linux. 73, - ps Ken Meinken wrote: > Actually, the Mac OS is based on Linux. >

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread Darrel Smith
Actually, Mac is based on Unix as is Linux. I have been using a Mac since 1987 and have never worried about a virus etc. Lately I have been playing with Linux which I think is great and has all the Ham apps for digital that I need although for contesting I use Cocoamodem on the Mac. The lat

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-29 Thread Ken Meinken
Actually, the Mac OS is based on Linux. FWIW, after using PCs since 1982, I'm now using a Mac. I got tired of all the virus (and anti-virus) hassles with the Windows environment. Ken WA8JXM On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Howard Brown wrote: It appears your opinion is shared by others: ht

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-28 Thread rojomn
y, March 27, 2008 2:39 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] Vista > > I have been sitting here reading all this things about Vista. > Now lets go back to when XP was new. Everyone said and wrote > all this stuff about XP. Before that it was Win98 an

[digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-28 Thread n7zxp
I have been sitting here reading all this things about Vista. Now lets go back to when XP was new. Everyone said and wrote all this stuff about XP. Before that it was Win98 and so on. I am heavy into the computer industry and a programmer. Most all of the people that write all this neg about Vi

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-27 Thread Rick
I have not found anything on the site you mentioned. The U.S. Government obviously will continue to internally support XP, which should be for many years, but they can not require MS to support it, when MS discontinues XP. It is possible that MS will voluntarily sell XP for government use, unde

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread John B. Stephensen
Look for products marketed to businesses. HP loads XP on workstations like the xw4400 but puts Vista on products for home use. 73, John KD6OZH - Original Message - From: wa0elm To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 22:28 UTC Subject: [digitalradio

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread Howard Brown
: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:53:50 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista HI word is from the forward looking computer mags that VISTA is now DEAD. The US government has refused to use it and it doesn't look like many more fixes are upcoming.. Instead they have moved up the r

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread AA0OI
ROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:36:33 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Hi Eric, Although many companies are specifying Microsoft XP, I keep wondering what will happen in June when they are supposedly no longer going to make this available anymor

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread AA0OI
many years ago... BYE BYE VISTA ( and it 20% slower than XP.) Garrett / AA0OI - Original Message From: Charles Brabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:23:51 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Dell sells new dual-core PC'

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread kd5blz
Hi My choice is linux ubuntu. I have found only two things I cannot do in linux. 1. Voice over IM 2. games. Since Iam not big on games not a big deal. I can purchase pc with no operating system from tiger direct and still use my old monitor for less. 73,s Nathan Watts KD5BLZ Charles Brabham

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-25 Thread Charles Brabham
Dell sells new dual-core PC's in your choice of Vista, XP, Ubuntu Linux or DOS. - Yes, I said DOS. Mine works just fine, no problems. 73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread Rick
Hi Eric, Although many companies are specifying Microsoft XP, I keep wondering what will happen in June when they are supposedly no longer going to make this available anymore. As it is they extended the OS sales. I have been using Vista for not quite a year and have not been running ham progr

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread David
Hi Eric...we have the same problem here in VKwhen you buy a computer you have to take the o/s that they want to load..if you try and buy one without an o/s you get told in no uncertian terms you cant.i have looked into the consumer protection regulations and found that it may be ill

[digitalradio] Vista another view

2008-03-24 Thread Ross Biggar
Hi all, Just to add another twist to the comments, I am now running all my ham programs digital and otherwise on Vista machines, using both Vista Ultimate and Vista business, all with SP1. Which by the way went in perfectly. I regularly use WSJT on EME, Nova, Internet access, Atomtime, VQlog all

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread Les Warriner
That is what I did when the opportunity came up to get a new laptop but loaded with VISTA. Wiped it totally and loaded XP w/2. Works great. Have found nothing so far that it would not do. Les At 03:28 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote: I'm looking at purchasing a new laptop, and I can't find anythi

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread Darrel Smith
Eric, Buy a Mac and load XP on it if you wish and have the best of both worlds. What the heck, put Ubuntu Hardy Heron on it too and then maybe you won't even want windoze. Darrel On 24-Mar-08, at 3:28 PM, wa0elm wrote: I'm looking at purchasing a new laptop, and I can't find anything tha

RE: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread Dave AA6YQ
machines and loading XP. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of wa0elm Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:28 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Vista I'm looking at purchasing a

Re: [digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread John Becker, WØJAB
You can order a Dell with either XP or Vista. At 05:28 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote: >I'm looking at purchasing a new laptop, and I can't find anything that >doesn't come with Vista. Is anyone having success running digital >software (e.g. MultiPSK and/or MMTTY) with Vista? Last I heard, most >

[digitalradio] Vista

2008-03-24 Thread wa0elm
I'm looking at purchasing a new laptop, and I can't find anything that doesn't come with Vista. Is anyone having success running digital software (e.g. MultiPSK and/or MMTTY) with Vista? Last I heard, most digital software doesn't play nice with it. I thought about buying a Vista machine, and

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Radiotronic Gizmo
run in their own windows. Cheers From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 5:02 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info I am a

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Dave AA6YQ
until we've had a chance to evaluate SP1. 73, Dave, AA6YQ -Original Message- From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 5:02 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Digital S

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Rud Merriam
ubject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info I am a bit surprised at the comments about Vista vs. XP. 73, Rick, KV9U

Re: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Rick
I am a bit surprised at the comments about Vista vs. XP. I have two computers in my shack that are side by side with a KVM switch so I can access either of them from my main control point. I mostly use XP for backward compatibility since all amateur radio programs that I use will run on XP with

RE: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread Rud Merriam
ubject: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info Navigating can be such a pain when going from xp to vista. Both worlds have there plus and minus properties and I am not advocating or bashing either. Just happen to use em and other operating systems, and I am glad to

[digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware Setting and Info

2007-10-20 Thread WD8ARZ Comcast
Navigating can be such a pain when going from xp to vista. Both worlds have there plus and minus properties and I am not advocating or bashing either. Just happen to use em and other operating systems, and I am glad to share that experience. In Vista and using the default Vista Control Panel: =

Re: [digitalradio] VISTA and PSK

2007-03-30 Thread Danny Douglas
: "jerloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:44 AM Subject: [digitalradio] VISTA and PSK > Hello all > This is my first post here because now I have a problem. My wife got > me a new laptop with, of course Vista installed. None of the PSK > software

RE: [digitalradio] VISTA and PSK

2007-03-30 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> > that MS is finally getting things right with some pretty strong > security, including DEP (Data Execution Prevention). > Not to nit-pick, but for the sake of clarity: Data Execution Prevention isn't a Vista feature. It was introduced in Windows XP (SP2, I think). The reason more people don't "

Re: [digitalradio] VISTA and PSK

2007-03-30 Thread Simon Brown
Consider the Tigertronics SignaLink USB - it's an external soundcard and interface in one package, I *think* it supports VISTA, you could always ask Tigertronics. It'll probably be much better that your lappy's infernal soundcard. Simon Brown, HB9DRV - Original Message - From: "jerloc

Re: [digitalradio] VISTA and PSK

2007-03-30 Thread kv9u
Jerry, Multipsk has been updated to look for either the old sound driver for XP or the new one for Vista. I have not found any other problems working under Vista. Dave Bernstein's DX Commander program works under Vista and can control Multipsk with most rigs. I have my ICOM running under CI-V

[digitalradio] VISTA and PSK

2007-03-30 Thread jerloch
Hello all This is my first post here because now I have a problem. My wife got me a new laptop with, of course Vista installed. None of the PSK software I have tried and used on my old 2000 system will work because they can't find the sound card. Any solution? Any PSK/RTTY software already Vista co

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread Jose A. Amador
I have not followed the whole thread but I wouldn't be too sure to believe that Windows flaws exist per se and are not a result of agreements with somebody else, as some conspiracy theories state. Just in case, it is safer to use a third party firewall, or run a "bastillized" *n?x. Jose, CO2J

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread kd4e
> But the security debate isn't simple enough to be about propaganda -- > It's about history, and the evolution of the PC. And, again... I > can TELL you how it is, cuz I was there and I've *read* the code of > the operating systems we're discussing. > I'm out of this conversation, > de Peter K1P

RE: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> > > MS has *always* lagged behind Unix, Linux, BSD, and Apple > in this area. Always. MS propaganda aside. ... > > NT/2000 was a desperate attempt by MS to stem the bleeding > because everyone else's OS's were less vulnerable and it > was at-best embarassing, at worse was harming them at >

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread kd4e
Peter G. Viscarola wrote: >> Unix was *always* secure and Linux flowed out of Unix as did BSD. >> Unix is very old. >> > > I don't know what you're background in the computer field is, and I > don't mean to turn this into a resume review, but I've been writing > operating systems and OS-level c

RE: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> >Unix was *always* secure and Linux flowed out of Unix >as did BSD. Unix is very old. > I don't know what you're background in the computer field is, and I don't mean to turn this into a resume review, but I've been writing operating systems and OS-level components since, oh, 1978. Your statem

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread KV9U
Like most things, both posters reflect truth as they see it. Perhaps the same for me:) Microsoft happened to be in the right place at the right time to buy an OS from a third party to allow IBM 808x chips to at least work at a rudimentary level. Cassette tape loading, that sort of thing at fir

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread Simon Brown
- Original Message - From: "kd4e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Unix was *always* secure and Linux flowed out of Unix > as did BSD. Unix is very old. > No way matey - I have used UNIX distributions where the username / password was stored in plain text. I refer to Ultrix in the mid to late 1

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-02-01 Thread kd4e
>> 7. While Microsoft made a passing attempt at retrofitting security >> into its early operating systems, they didn't get any money for this. >> So, we should be extremely grateful that they actually fixed security >> problems for 8 years for Windows 98. Other companies would not >> support a

RE: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
> >73 and thanks for your patience in reading, and I hope understanding all >of the above. > >Jim VA3JNO > Thanks Jim for what is, to me, the most intelligent post related to operating systems that I've seen on this list. de Peter K1PGV (I am not now, nor have I ever been, employed by MSFT)

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Jim Orcheson
I have been following this thread. Is the fact that a number of applications will "break" with Vista a problem? Of course it is. But this has been the case for the last several (many) versions of MS Windows, and most other operating system upgrades as well. But before condemning Microsoft for brea

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Interesting. Run PSK on AM and you get two sidebands for diversity reception and a pilot carrier. This could make building small PSK rigs easier... Leigh/WA5ZNU On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 7:38 am, DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: > > http://www.fcw.com/article97508-01-30-07-Web&printLayout > > I

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Simon Brown
- Original Message - From: "Salomao Fresco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tested on Vista RC2 - Mixw does NOT work, it needs to be in "compatibility > mode" I'm not assocuiated with MixW myself, in fact I've never used it. When I get my soundcard DLL written for VISTA I'll make the source ava

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Salomao Fresco
March 2nd - 12th 2006) > > - Original Message - > From: "DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility > > > > > > http://www.fcw.com/article97508-01-30-07-Web&

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Simon Brown
th running code designed for NT/2K/XP or 98. Simon Brown, HB9DRV (GD4ELI March 2nd - 12th 2006) - Original Message - From: "DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility > > http://www.f

Re: [digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread Alan NV8A
On 01/31/07 10:37 am DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: > http://www.fcw.com/article97508-01-30-07-Web&printLayout > > I wonder how many amateur radio applications will be "broken" if someone > moves to Vista? Micro$$oft's previous "upgrades" have often broken apps. I had an app that worked

[digitalradio] Vista emphasizes security over compatibility

2007-01-31 Thread DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA
http://www.fcw.com/article97508-01-30-07-Web&printLayout I wonder how many amateur radio applications will be "broken" if someone moves to Vista? Walt/K5YFW