[ICOM] IC-R2 cloning

[Dick Flanagan]

Excellent idea.  I have an old 486/33 laptop for just this purpose.  I can 
either boot it up under DOS6 or Win98 and I have some old programming 
software that will only run in that environment.

Good advice, Mike.

73, Dick

At 08:03 PM 3/9/2007, Mike - KD9KC wrote:
 >
 >Common problem - and not with just ICOM.
 >
 >This won't help you much - except to give you an idea.
 >
 >I kept an old 486/33 laptop on Win-95 for just this kind of problems.  I can
 >use my desktop to manipulate the data, then use the laptop to load it.
 >Older laptops like this go for pennies now-a-days.  Don't take up a lot of
 >room either.
 >
 >Good luck.
 >
 >Mike - KD9KC.
 >M.A.R.I.E.
 >El Paso, Tx.
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 >> -----Original Message-----
 >> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
 >> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of k0sd at juno.com
 >> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 2:58 AM
 >> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
 >> Subject: [ICOM] IC-R2 cloning
 >>
 >> Hello all,
 >>     I figured others have encountered my problem, I'd see
 >> what was going on.  I have a IC-R2 that I'm wanting to
 >> reprogram, but don't want to have
 >> to enter everything manually into the radio.   I have some freeware
 >> cloning software writen by Vlaski, Vol 1.01 Rel 04.02.99.
 >> It worked for
 >> me flawlessly when I got it 8 years ago, but machines were much slower
 >> back then.   I can read the R2 alright, but at about 12 per cent on
 >> upload, it goes into Cloning Error on the receiver.
 >> Apparently there is
 >> no flow control, because once that happens, I can turn the
 >> radio off, or about anything else, and the software merrily
 >> continues to upload nowhere.  I've tried 2 laptops, an older
 >> 1 ghz processor, and a newer 2.3 g dual core, and neither work.
 >>    What is available that works well with the IC-R2 under
 >> Windows XP?
 >>
 >> 73's de Stephen, K0SD in So FL
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