[Elecraft] How many Windows users are using Windows 98 SE?

[Bill Blomgren]

Agreed wholeheartedly
Shoot, if one of the api's used by the ancient compiler "goes away" at some 
point, movement would be required in any case.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Estep" <esteptony at gmail.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How many Windows users are using Windows 98 SE?


> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bill Blomgren <billblom at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> ... I wrote my own bios for CP/M...
>
> ==========
>
> Yeah, me too. I could still write assembly code as far as the 8086, but
> after that it got out of hand.
>
> But re the point of this thread: doesn't seem right to keep using an
> 8-yr-old compiler just for the benefit of those few who are running
> machines of the y2k vintage. A lot has changed in C++ class libraries,
> linkers etc. since 2005.
>
>
> Tony KT0NY
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