Re: [Flexradio] OT

I still have my Commodore 64, 128, and Amiga computers in storage. I also have an SX64 portable Commodore Probably one of the first predecessors to the laptop. Does anyone remember that one? It was a lot smaller than that metal box Kaypro CP/M Or the Compaq "Sewing machine" DOS portable compute

[Flexradio] OT

I am 60 years old. My brother built a _Digital Group _machine in about 1979 or so time frame. I ran IBM System 360 model 30 and 40 machines which ran in 1492 (octal) emulation. I later programmed on a System 360 model 50 and model 60 two-headed ASP system. All coding in Fortran IV - why write

Re: [Flexradio] Microsoft .NET Framework requirements for Pwr SDR 1.8.0

You need .NET 3.5 + SP1. If MS is recommending an update (fix), then you probably should load that too. I do not think 3.5 SP1 is a complete install of .NET 3.5. The reason it is so big is that it contains cumulative updates for .NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 -Tim -Original Message- F

[Flexradio] Microsoft .NET Framework requirements for Pwr SDR 1.8.0

Greetings, The installation notes for 1.18.1 call for NET Framework 3.5. Fine. Do I need just 3.5, or must I use .NET Framework 3.5 SP1? It appears as though I might have wasted 45 minutes downloading the 197 MB 3.5 version, to find that SP1 is 256 MB, which indicates that it might be a c

Re: [Flexradio] Interfacing Logging Program with the FLEX5000C

I've been using DXLab Suite for a few weeks, and it integrates very nicely with PowerSDR to the Flex-3000, using VAC (to get audio in/out for PSK) and using com0com (to get control signals and information back and forth). Logging is integrated, and also supports automatic up/download with EQSL and

Re: [Flexradio] Interfacing Logging Program with the FLEX5000C

Check out this KC article http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50345.aspx -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joseph White Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:18 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subje

[Flexradio] Interfacing Logging Program with the FLEX5000C

I may have the cart before the horse. I am running MILog to do all of my logging. I had a USB cable from my computer to a DB9 connected to the back of my ICOM 7800. It read the radios freq, mode, and determined the band. Can anyone tell me how I am to make this connection to the FLEX5000C.

Re: [Flexradio] OT

> -Original Message- > From: Brian Lloyd [mailto:brian-wb6...@lloyd.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4:39 PM > To: Bob McGwier > Cc: Terry Fox; Flex Radio > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] OT > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Bob McGwier wrote: > > I might mention for those who don't kn

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I saved about half the money, and Mom and Dad gave me the rest for my birthday. My dad drove me to Chicago (he worked in the city) to the main Allied Radio store on 100 N. Western Ave to pick it up. That little radio started my electronics career, although I didn't realize it until many years la

Re: [Flexradio] OT

You had the deluxe model! I had the "Span Master" If I would not have save my pennies for the radio back in ~1960(around $25), I don't know that I would be on this reflector today. I did not know much about ham radio prior to that. (Around 1960) If I remember right, I saved around $18 and my pare

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Yeah, but we like radios, too! I'm restoring a set of Drake 4-Line twins that I could never afford when I was a kid, and just recently added a Knight-Kit "Star Roamer" to the pile of in-work projects. it was a pretty crummy receiver, but it was the first radio kit I ever built, and the first sho

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

I still got my original Commodore Vic 20 with tape drive :o) ahhh the good ol days of working with a computer 73 Mike K4MDD **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.free

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I guess it's obvious the kind of people that enjoy computer controlled radios. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Drive Bell Mountain Hays, NC 28635 - Original Message - From: "Sanger, Joseph" To: "David Beumer W0DHB" ; Cc: "'FlexRadio '" Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:09 PM Subject

Re: [Flexradio] OT

anybody remember the world's first calculator kit? Came out just before the Altair 8800 from same company, MITS. Cost about $150, i believe ... had 4 functions + a few memory locations for storage. I built it my third year of college, in 1972. From: fl

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Got my K & E and my dad's K & E slide rules -- Dad's is in units of cubits . Anyone remember the Wang analog calculators (with nixie tubes) -- divide by 0 actually returned an answer (partial value of infinity maybe ?!) k5nwa wrote: On 6/23/2009 2:41 PM, Ross Stenberg wrote: Anyone still hav

Re: [Flexradio] OT + non-OT

Same with my DIGITAL PDP-8 (straigt 8) and LSI-11 (never used) Waiting for 2 meter 70 cm extension for the FLEX-5000 (and in PWR-SDR for that repeater shift? Sub audio?) 73 peter pa0pvn groeten Peter websitehttp://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~petervn/

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I have a TI lugable PC with TI's version of VGA, but alas the FAT file is hosed and will not boot, I had access to 3 or 4 for FD one year and hand entered a logging program for a hand book (not sure where) that was in basic took a lot of troubleshooting to find all my typos. Tom AC5TM Tom Mill

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Does anynoe remember, back in the 70's, Zilog tried to copyright the letter 'Z' for branding it's 'Z-80' CPU? (here's a hint: they weren't successful.) -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: T

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Processors that have lived at my house: 8008, 8080, z80, M6800, Fairchild F8, Intersil IM6100, DEC PDP-8I, PDP-8A, PDP-8E, PDP-11/10, PDP-11/20, PDP-11/23, PDP-11/34, PDP-11/60, 8086, 80286, 80386, (no use mentioning the rest of the Intel Pentium clones -- they have all been here), M68000, M68010,

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I've still got my C=64 with the AEA Modem I worked the MIR with, and my C=128 and PK64 that I set up as a robot station one Field Day. They both work perfectly, but just take up too much desk space when I have them out! Jim  KQ6EA --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Jerry Harley wrote: From: Jerry Harley Su

Re: [Flexradio] OT

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Bob McGwier wrote: > I might mention for those who don't know or didn't remember,  Terry was > around during the early days of packet radio and he wrote the AX.25 > documents/specification.  Terry is one of those without whom there would be > no packet radio, no AP

Re: [Flexradio] Question on REC/PLAY

Harold, To play back over the air, press MOX or your PTT before selecting Play. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Harold Rosee wrote: I know I could read the manual but I thought I would see if I could get a quick answer here. In receive I am pressing the REC button expecting it to record whats on

[Flexradio] OT

I still have my Altair 8800, waiting for a museum to buy it. Jerry ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-r

Re: [Flexradio] OT

All this old computer reminiscing reminds me of my ole "Digital Group" Z80 machine. I built it from a kit. I could not afford a floppy drive. I had the ole audio tape FSK system and then graduated to a set of twin "Phi Decks". These were small cassette drives that attempted to run like the big digi

Re: [Flexradio] Question on REC/PLAY

Quick answer: Tune in the signal once it's playing. Scott, N5KRC On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Harold Rosee wrote: > > I know I could read the manual but I thought I would see if I could get a > quick answer here. > > > > In receive I am pressing the REC button expecting it to record whats o

[Flexradio] Question on REC/PLAY

I know I could read the manual but I thought I would see if I could get a quick answer here. In receive I am pressing the REC button expecting it to record whats on the air. I hit record a second time and it stops and gives me a message where it has stored the file. The I hit the PLAY but

Re: [Flexradio] OT

On 6/23/2009 2:41 PM, Ross Stenberg wrote: Anyone still have their Pickett or Bowmar Brain? I still have my Picket Slide Ruler, no batteries needed. -- Cecil Bayona K5NWA www.k5nwa.com www.qrpradio.com < http://www.softrockradio.org/catalog> "Windows, the most successful software virus eve

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I still have my trusty old Pickett slip stick. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Drive Bell Mountain Hays, NC 28635 - Original Message - From: "Ross Stenberg" To: "Flex Radio" Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] OT Anyone still have their Pickett or Bowma

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Anyone still have their Pickett or Bowmar Brain? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I purchased the first 8" floppy drive system available for the Altair-8800 running CP/M ... Probably back in 1976 or 1977 ... Was a dual drive system made by ... Digital Research I believe ... Could be wrong Cost me $3,200. And those were REAL dollars back then! -Original Message

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I built my first computer in1958 from an article in Popular Electronics. It was a total of 4 bits. Used 17 tubes. Hooked it to a home brew Xmter and sent counts from 0 to 15 on 40M to a second one I built to receive them. You guys make me feel ancient and I really am not that old! BTW had

Re: [Flexradio] OT

wow!! THAT Terry Fox I spent the best part of 2 days on the phone redialing to try and get in line for the TAPR packet board, and was finally successful! I think I still have it someplace. On Jun 23, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Bob McGwier wrote: Terry Fox wrote: I still have a working Imsai

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Any of you youngsters remember the Ferguson Big Board? Z80 CPU and 64k memory. My first real computer, built with my own two hands and it actually worked first time. Two (count 'em at $450 each) 8" Seagate floppies. CP/M forever! geep On Jun 23, 2009, at 1:06 PM, N4PY2 wrote: I rememb

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I dumped my 'no longer running Commodore' in the trash last winter. Butbeing mathamatically challenged, I still have my TI calculator I bought for my 1969 Fire Science Engineering classes that didready (and only did these as it didn't have memory) addition subtraction multiplication div

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Terry Fox wrote: I still have a working Imsai 8080 with three 8-inch drives. It still boots CP/M and runs Wordstar, etc. I've got most of the CP/M and SIG/M user group floppies. Even early Pascal and C compilers. How about a nice game of chess? I also have two Altair 8800s, and an Altair 880

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Terry Fox wrote: I still have a working Imsai 8080 with three 8-inch drives. It still boots CP/M and runs Wordstar, etc. I've got most of the CP/M and SIG/M user group floppies. Even early Pascal and C compilers. How about a nice game of chess? I also have two Altair 8800s, and an Altair 880

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I still have a working Imsai 8080 with three 8-inch drives. It still boots CP/M and runs Wordstar, etc. I've got most of the CP/M and SIG/M user group floppies. Even early Pascal and C compilers. How about a nice game of chess? I also have two Altair 8800s, and an Altair 8800B turnkey, but the

Re: [Flexradio] Email Reflector

Put me down as favoring Email Reflectors... I spend a lot of my day on a Blackberry... the Reflector is much more convenient to us 21st century mobile users than Discussion Forums which effectively mean that you are tied to a fixed desktop... rather ancient 20th century technology ___

Re: [Flexradio] Email Reflector

Actually, I prefer the reflector format and I find the discussion forums tedious. So classify me as archaic if you will. The downside to a reflector is the quantity of mail that may be produced on a topic about which you have no interest. That's why I have always used a feature of Outlook and it

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

In 1976 I was the engineering department at Honeywell working on moving coil low inertia motors used in tape drives. We sure could start and stop that tape quickly. Made a very good living off those old drives before those darn Winchester drives came out. - Original Message - From: "P

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

Gee...I have an old Kaypro ...do you think that would work the flex...(Just kidding)...can anyone use it? Pete WA2ODO - Original Message - From: "N4PY2" To: "Tim Ellison" ; "Ross Stenberg" ; "Flex Radio" Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

I remember back in 1976, we were developing a store controller system that used an 8 inch floppy drive as its main storage device. The diskette drive used a geneva mechanism for moving the head. It took 5 full seconds for the head to move from one end of the floppy to the other! Carl Moresch

[Flexradio] Email Reflector

I really enjoy reading this email reflector. I read the HTML version at http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio@flex-radio.biz/ every day. Actually, several times a day. I feel like a sense of belonging to this amazing community of SDR pioneers. Am I the only one who finds the email reflector is

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: OT

It is tough getting old. I recently threw away an original IBM XT 10 MB hard drive (I am sure the seek times were I the seconds). Oh the bygone days of the 16-bit 8088 4.77 MHz personal computer. My toaster has more processing power than the old XT. We have come so far -Tim -Origi

Re: [Flexradio] OT

Would you like some? Bob K5KDN -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of N4PY2 Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:33 AM To: Ross Stenberg; Flex Radio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] OT I have a bunch of them myself that I shoul

Re: [Flexradio] OT

I have a bunch of them myself that I should throw away. But I don't have anymore 8 inch floppies! Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Drive Bell Mountain Hays, NC 28635 - Original Message - From: "Ross Stenberg" To: "Flex Radio" Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:28 PM Subject: [Flexrad

[Flexradio] OT

Nothing relevant but just wanted to mention that I just found an old box full of 5 1/4 floppy disks. Throwing away originals of MS-DOS 5.0, Windows 3.0, ProComm Plus, Norton 6.01, AfterDark screensaver, and Orchid video drivers. It's tough to get old. 73 Ross K9COX _

Re: [Flexradio] Splitting the reflector? I think it's a bad idea.

I will of course follow the rules for each reflector however the point I was making is that I will simply read each of them. - Original Message - From: "Bob McGwier" To: "Ross Stenberg" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Splitting the reflector? I thi

Re: [Flexradio] Splitting the reflector? I think it's a bad idea.

Axiom 0: cross posting should not be allowed because it cannot be both an experimental and trunk issue simultaneously. If you think it is a bug in both trunk and branches, submit it to bug report as trunk supersedes experimental. Bob Ross Stenberg wrote: Doesn't really matter to me since

Re: [Flexradio] Splitting the reflector? I think it's a bad idea.

Doesn't really matter to me since I will sign up for each of them and send everything to the same inbox anyway. 73 Ross K9COX No offense here at FlexRadio. Thanks for voicing your concerns. One thought for everyone on the subject. Right now we discourage discussion related to experim

Re: [Flexradio] Splitting the reflector? I think it's a bad idea.

No offense here at FlexRadio. Thanks for voicing your concerns. One thought for everyone on the subject. Right now we discourage discussion related to experimental software on this reflector. On the new reflector, we will actually encourage that same discussion. We just need to keep discussion