[ACARS] The Windows 2000/XP problem

Wed, 23 Jan 2002 20:57:24 -0000

Cheers Mike,

The major problem as I see it is that very soon Windows XP will be the
standard software shipped with all computers which is going to put a
stop to these programs. I have had airnav running a little on WinXP but
it quickly locks up the computer

Those Win98SE disks could soon be valuable so long as they don't sell
the systems with the drive formated for NTFS

Rgds

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Mike Simpson
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ACARS] The Windows 2000/XP problem

Hi Kevin,

I use among other programs, Sky-Spy made by Pervisell in the UK, this
program uses a 'Hamcomm' type demodulator.

The following is a quote from the Pervisell site regarding XP

"Please note that Windows XP, NT and 2000 do not have vxd support for
Demodulators. We recommend that you either stay with Windows 98 SE or
use a
Program like Partition Magic from www.powerquest.com to run Win98 or
WinXP
from the boot menu "

In my case, I dug up my old PC from the garage which still has Windows
98se
on it and
use that with both Sky-Spy and the Airnav ACARS decoder, however I would
have thought the Airnav decoder would run under XP as it is a soundcard
program, not a COM port program?

Unfortunately, I am not in a position to check this tonight.

Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia

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