[Dx4win] CT contest log

[Pete Smith]

At 03:20 PM 11/19/02 -0500, you wrote:
>hrello to all
>
>I ear from numbers of users talking about CT CONTEST program
>it seems they have almost all contest......?
>but it is expensive and before to order it I want to know if it is 
>possible to run it with windows ( XP )......?
>
>in that windows XP there is no DOS section......!
>
>wising to ear from members
>

The basic answer is no.  The two longest-standing and most widely used 
contest programs, CT and TR, are both DOS programs that rely on direct 
access to the hardware for many things, including CW keying and rig 
control.  For that reason they need real DOS to work, not an emulator like 
XP.  Writelog is an excellent Windows logging program -- Writelog in 
particular.  N1MM has written a freeware Windows logging program -- see 
http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/.

There is a reflector, ct-user@contesting.com, where this subject has been 
discussed for a long time.  To access the archive, go to www.contesting.com 
and look in the left margin for a field called "list search."  Enter the 
words XP and CT and ct-user, press [Enter] and the archive will show you 
many messages on this subject.

The most elegant solution (from that reflector) is to create a small DOS 
partition with Partition Magic and then load it with DOS 6.22 or 7.0 and CT 
or TR.

73, Pete N4ZR
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