[GreenKeys] Using HAL DSRTTY with Vista

[Don Robert House]

You do not realize that Macs already have audio and video interfaces.   
You can listen to your internet radio and tune in television programs  
on a Mac.   The older ones needed an optional plug-in. Most of them  
nowadays come with just about everything you need.  However they do  
not have slow speed Com ports for the likes of Heavy Metal which is  
why I have a PC here.  It is a dual boot Pentium III machine that runs  
either Win 98 or XP Pro.

Don K9TTY


On 16 Dec 2007, at 11:37 AM, Ron Ott wrote:

Wow, selectable dual operating systems -- that's an interesting  
suggestion.  I woke up this morning with the thought that I should  
install XP and forget about Vista until I am forced to (a suggestion  
from someone else on Greenkeys who's had some bad Vista experiences).  
On the other hand, every new laptop I've looked at comes with some  
sort of Vista OS and it seems inevitable so why shouldn't I be  
assimilated now by the Borg?

It makes me wonder what in the hell are those guys and gals at  
Microsoft thinking?  Vista has been great fodder for Apple computer  
ads, Mr. Nerd versus Mr. With It.  I would be running Apple CPUs if  
they allowed me to plug in hobby-related cards (like a WinRadio  
receiver) on their bus like a cheap PC does.

Still thinking.

Ron / W6XY

----- Original Message ----
From: Paul A. Pennington <paulpenn at knology.net>
To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 8:27:30 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Using HAL DSRTTY with Vista

Ron said:

> ..I need help getting DSRTTY (Windows version) to work with Vista.
> I am getting a COM port error (all COM ports)...

What have you tried so far?  There's a ton of information on the  
Microsoft
site and elsewhere about solving compatibility problems.  What does the
program's author say?

I would recommend a dual boot installation of XP and Vista.  Big hard  
drives
are cheap these days.

I bought a cheap Acer notebook a couple of years ago with XP.  I got a  
free
upgrade to Vista, so I installed it just to see what it was like.  One  
of
the options on the Vista upgrade DVD was to create a new partition for  
Vista
and leave the XP.  That worked fine with no problems.  You're  
presented with
a text screen at startup allowing you to pick which OS to run.  You can
configure it to boot either one by default, and set how long it waits  
at the
startup screen before going into the default OS.

I never did much with Vista, as I found it hard to navigate, being  
used to
XP.

In your situation, going from Vista to XP, it may be more  
complicated.   I
believe you must install XP first, then Vista to get the dual boot  
thing to
work.

Just a suggestion for a less drastic solution to your problem if you  
can't
get the program to work under Vista.

Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia


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