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

[Tom H Childers]

It wouldn't bother me any.



On Wed, 29 May 2013 20:39:34 -0500, Bill K9YEQ <k9yeq at live.com>
wrote:

>Isn't the issue: do you use it for your Elecraft radios and if so would you
>mind moving to your other OS's since you have them?
>
>73,
>Bill
>K9YEQ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of k3ndm at comcast.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:43 PM
>To: Dick Dievendorff
>Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How many Windows users are using Windows 98 SE?
>
>Dick,
>I still use it. It works for some residual things I do. Everything else is
>XP or Win7. I've also run DOS 6.0. If it works, I might use it. I see no
>reason to blindly upgrade if it still works. I can see some of my friends
>cringing at this. 
>
>73,
>Barry
>K3NDM 
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dick Dievendorff" <dieven at comcast.net>
>To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:23:05 PM
>Subject: [Elecraft] How many Windows users are using Windows 98 SE? 
>
>I've been building the various Elecraft utilities (K3 Utility, KX3 Utility,
>P3 Utility, KPA Utility, XG3 Utility, K144XV Utility and XG3 Utility) with a
>2005-era compiler, because that's the most recent version of the Microsoft
>Visual Studio C++ compiler that generates executables that will run on
>Windows 98 SE. 
>
>
>I'd like to move to a more modern compiler, but the resulting code they
>generate will run only on Windows XP and later. That is, Windows XP, Windows
>Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. 
>
>
>
>Would you be inconvenienced by this change? I'm hoping there aren't many. 
>
>
>
>Please let me know if you need the Windows versions of the Elecraft
>Utilities to run on Windows OS prior to Windows XP, and what OS you have. 
>
>
>
>Thanks & 73 de Dick, K6KR 
>
>
>
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73,
Tom
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