[GreenKeys] Using HAL DSRTTY with a PC

[Don Robert House]

Ron

My son runs Mac OS 10.5.1 Leopard on his iMac.  He also runs Windows  
XP Pro on the same machine.  Both his and his wife's HP Laptops run XP  
Pro.  So far the university where he teaches and the high school where  
she teaches are not planning on upgrading to Vista. I maintain the PCs  
at our village hall and we are NOT going to upgrade either.   We spent  
$15,000 on our village accounting software and it will not run on  
Vista.   Methinks you have been brainwashed by Microsoft.  You can get  
a PC pretty cheap and keep XP or 98 on it for your legacy programs.   
Some of the HP PCs are so small you can tuck them into an old radio  
cabinet.  Look on eBay for a seller with high numbers of positive  
feedback.  You can get a good deal.

Good luck,
Don
K9TTY


On 16 Dec 2007, at 12:08 AM, Ron Ott wrote:

Hi, Don. I'm not a Vista fan either. However, I've been looking at new  
laptops and EVERYTHING comes with Vista now. XP is old hat and  
becoming an antique.

I bought a new desktop PC about six months ago and it came with Vista  
also. It's been sitting on the floor while I scratch my head, lots of  
things didn't work with Vista at that time. With the number of PCs  
coming with Vista today, things are better.  However, there is always  
the problem of legacy software like DSRTTY and other specialty software.

I wish I had room for a couple PCs but my old one has to go sometime  
and make room for the much faster new one.

I'm with you, but then again not!!

Ron
W6XY

----- Original Message ----
From: Don Robert House <drhouse at dls.net>
To: Ron Ott <ronott at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:53:51 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Using HAL DSRTTY with Vista

Not to be a big nasty but my very best advice is to:

Go back to Windows XP

The only purpose for marketing Vista was to increase profits for
Macrohard, aka Microsoft

Sorry, Don K9TTY


On 15 Dec 2007, at 10:47 PM, Ron Ott wrote:

At the high risk of getting zero reponses, I need help getting DSRTTY
(Windows version) to work with Vista.  I am getting a COM port error
(all COM ports).  Not unexpected, Vista has these problems.

Anyone have the answer?

Thanks, Ron / W6XY
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