[Antennas] Brian Beezly K6STI Software?

[Charles Greene]

At 02:40 PM 2/21/2002 +0100, Jan Anker wrote:
>At 21:00 2/20/2002 -0600, Steven H Sawyers (na0ia) wrote:
> >While cleaning out a drawer in my computer desk, I found my original YO, 
> AO, and NECWires Disks.
> >
> >I heard Brian got out of the SW business, but I always liked his 
> programs. Specifically YO for the optimization capability.
> >
> >So a couple of questions:
> >
> >How can I contact Brian?
> >
> >Has anyone successfully installed these programs on an NT machine? I 
> don't want to try unless I know it will work. The copy protection always 
> scared me for fear of losing the "keys".
> >
> >Are there later versions? - I have YO 6.01, AO 6.35, and NEC/Wires 1.61.
> >Is he offering any support or updates?
> >If not anything comparable out there?
>
>I have the same problem and very much intersted for a solution.
>Using the programs AO en NW very often since about 10 years now.
>In 1991 I started with MNC, presently using AO 6.5 and NW 2.0 (1997),
>so there is a newer version then you have Steven.
>In his latest software he skipped the copy protection and the price went down.
>
>Using windows ME is the last possibility on windows to run this programs.
>On newer windows versions dos programs are not supported anymore.

Maybe some programs are not supported, but some are.  I run GW Basic all 
the time in Windows XP, and there is a DOS window, so I don't see why other 
DOS programs would not be supported.  I  have some old software, and I'll 
try some of possible mutual interest and if some don't work, I'll let the 
list know.  I do know some of the old windows 95 programs not only didn't 
work, but they screwed up the operating system, and the computer wouldn't 
start except in the "safe" mode.  Two are Procomm Plus, and Adobe Photo 
Deluxe, so all is not hunky dory.  Probably just a Microsoft thing - if 
everything worked, everyone would be disappointed.

>The number of wires in AO is low (depends on memory set-up) but with NW it 
>is 1000.
>So, mostly I use AO to model and then to calculating with NW
>In the mean time I bought eznec 3.0, an excellent program with a nice user 
>interface but my problem is that I am working much faster with AO than 
>with Eznec and therefore still prefer Brians AO/NW/TA/&YO.
>(and I have a large library of models made during the past 10 years)
>
>Jan on4caf/pa0lbn

73, Chas, W1CG