[Ham-Mac] Hallucinations from this side of the Pond!

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On Feb 1, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Brian Short wrote:
> Also, Writelog as far as I know does not inter-operate with
> TrLog or CT.  CT does not inter-operate with TrLog, etc.
>
> In the past, the networking has been between like "programs"
> only, never mind platforms, operating systems, etc.

You are absolutely correct.  That is why for VHF+ RoverLog is such a 
good choice.  It is written in tcl/tk and is portable to just about 
anything (Win, *nix, MacOS 9 & X, pda's, toasters...).  No strange 
looks if I bring in my PowerBook and get on the network with the 
Windows guys.  I wish there was  something comparable for all/hf 
contesting.  Maybe jlog is the answer.  What we need to do is convince 
contest software writers to write in a portable language like Java, 
tcl, or such not VB.  RoverLog also uses tcp/udp sockets for 
rig/rotor/keyer/gps/networking.  Tom even went as far as to register 
these ports (3677 for instance) with IANA.  Even if you don't want to 
use this app there are some really good lessons to be learned from it 
regarding writing cross platform apps.  I couldn't find an entry at 
IANA for Writelog.

On Feb 1, 2005, at 5:01 AM, Don Agro wrote:
> BTW jLog looks pretty interesting it's free and is cross platform 
> Java. Has anyone tried it ?
> <http://jlog.org/>
The url needs to be http://www.jlog.org

I am downloading it now and will give it a try!

Dana
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