[DSP-10] Booting/loading on XP computer with CDrom

[Don AE5K]

Thanks Mike for the hints and information.  Also thanks to Joe WB8DNO 
for sending me an iso file that I burned to CDrom and it works. I did 
have to play games with the laptop to get a partition on the hard drive 
that was FAT32 and compatible with DOS, since the main partition for XP 
was NTFS.

I got things working up to the point of the program trying to send via 
the serial port to the DSP-10.  My ThinkPad T43 has no serial port, but 
I have the port extender (a.k.a. docking station) which does have a 
serial port. When booting in DOS, the serial port is not working. 
Suspect possible faulty port in the extender as it does not work under 
Linux either.  And I'm not sure if they derive the serial port from USB 
or not, which of course would require drivers under DOS.  From what I 
can see, there are no BIOS settings available for the serial port when 
using the port extender.

I've temporarily given up using the T43, but ask if anyone on the list 
has any experience trying to use a T43 or similar model of the Think Pad 
for the DSP-10.

I also ask again if anyone has ever done anything with the DSP-10 using 
Linux?

73,
Don AE5K
EM36pc near Yellville, AR



kd7ts wrote:
> I did some playing around with "Puppy Linux" a while ago, and it's not
> difficult to make a bootable CD. I don't think an image file is needed.
>
> I have screwed up a lot of CDs by not leaving the disk open ended... so
> don't do that.
>
> The few burner programs I have used all allow making a bootable CD.
>
> I think the files you need to boot to a DOS prompt are the same as a
> floppy.
>
> Command.com
> Io.sys
> Msdos.sys
>
> and to run the dsp-10
>
> Dsp.bat
> R.bat
> Ezfast.com
> Ezld.com
> Uhf3.exe
> Uhfa.exe
> Egavga.bgi
> Uhelp_1.txt
> Uhfa.cfg
> Uhfa_43a.rnd
> Gnu_gpl.txt
>
> The batch files are not required.
>
> You can also boot from a USB device if your BIOS allows it.
>
> There is some dicussion in the DSP-10 docs at.....
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~kd7ts/v380/autoboot.htm
>
> 73 Mike kd7ts
>
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> On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:47:54 -0700, Don AE5K<donj at ae5k.us>  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm just in the midst of switching laptops, the ancient one being an old
>> 90 MHz Pentium Toshiba running Windows 98 with floppy disk booting of
>> the DSP-10 software.
>>
>> The new(er) one is an IBM T43 running XP with no floppy, but it has a
>> CDrom drive.  Fortunately I have the docking station for it which gives
>> me a serial port.
>>
>> Surely, someone else has gone thru something like this -- anyone care to
>> share an .ISO file with me that I can burn a CD with?  Or at least, give
>> me some hints as the easiest way to do this?  I, of course, would like
>> to have the computer boot up using the CDrom, but still have access to
>> the hard disk for logging and other purposes while using the DSP-10.
>>
>> The last I could find in the list archives was some rumblings back in
>> 2007 which didn't exactly answer my question.
>>
>> While on the subject of booting and operating the DSP-10, has anyone
>> done this using a version of Linux?
>>
>> I'm finally taking the DSP-10, built many years ago, out of mothballs
>> and hopefully putting it to good use as the i.f. for a 1296 transverter
>> to begin with.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don AE5K