[Lowfer] Re: Wish List

[Mike Staines]

Warren (et al):

Regarding your wish for an Africam windows GUI:

After fooling around with Africam and not making much progress on your 
request for a windows wrapper, I contacted Bill DeCarle and recieved, as 
always, a nice note from him telling me why a windows GUI could never work. 
Believe me, there is a LONG list but it all comes down to timing. Africam 
requires very EXACT timing that can only be provided by a box running pure 
DOS. Even the time spent processing a key stroke has to be accounted for. 
Windows constantly interupts programs to clean shop, handle unrelated events 
and have a cigarette.

But he encourged me to butt my head against the wall if I wished.

Accordingly, I think I might still have a workaround that is a two computer 
solution: one to run Africam the other to run a GUI that talks to the first 
via serial port or a network connection. I'll work on that as soon as the 
swelling subsides.

As for your request for a QRSS/DFCW program:
I have something up and running but I have one problem to overcome in the 
way that Windows handles keyboarding. Hope to have that tackled soon.

73,
Mike
wM1ke
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k2ors at comcast.net>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:20 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] Re: Wish List


> Hi Mike,
>
>   A very generous offer indeed!
> How about a Windows GUI interface for Bill DeCarle's Africam?
> http://www.magma.ca/~ve2iq/bbs.htm
>
>
> --
> 73 Warren K2ORS
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