[PCR-1000] pathetic PCR1000 servicing from Icom

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:37:17 +0100

Is 't possible to load de icom program whit the Windows XP Application
Compatibility ( act20.exe )
That can be downloaded from de Microsoft website.
Has any one used it?

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/act/2.0/WXP/EN-US/act20.
exe

Greetings from Jos Brouwers , Hunsel  the Netherlands,eur   

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> Van: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Mark L. Hammond

> Verzonden: zaterdag 16 februari 2002 20:35
> Aan: [email protected]
> Onderwerp: Re: [PCR-1000] *pathetic* PCR1000 servicing from Icom
> 
> 
> At 01:29 AM 2/15/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Oh BTW,
> >
> >I can't get the ICOM program to load on XP.
> >
> >If you send in your unit, don't admit that you used third party 
> >software.
> >
> >'73 de JIM N2ZZ
> 
> I wasn't *asked* if I used third party software.  I was 
> *told* I had used 
> third party software, and that was the only way the EEPROM 
> could have been 
> corrupted.  End of discussion as far as they were concerned.
> 
> I've looked over and over their website where Icom posts third party 
> software links, etc.  NOWHERE can I find anything about how 
> using 3rd party 
> software will/may "corrupt" your receiver and/or void your 
> warranty.  It's 
> just not in print.  Neither is it implied.  They do say they 
> won't support 
> 3rd party software (duh).  That's not what my beef is.
> 
> Thanks for the historical background, Jim.  Guess I'll be another to 
> boycott their radios.  Pity--I always thought they had nice stuff.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark L. Hammond  [N8MH]
> 
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