4 Feb
2016
4 Feb
'16
11:05 a.m.
just for grins I took on of the SMECC e-machines out of back room and
fired it up... yea Win 98 SE running just great! last time I used
this particular old office system was '07! heh it has a 4 gig
hardrive
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 2/4/2016 11:53:40 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
radiotest at juno.com writes:
At 11:08 AM 2/4/2016, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
If you're trying to bitbang the RS232 port to
decode POCSAG or something
perhaps.
Not quite - this is not an asynchronous protocol, this is single-purpose
software written decades ago to communicate with highly specialized hardware
that is still in use.
If you're trying to use old Windows software in
more modern versions of
Windows ...
Nope, these are MS-DOS apps that require access to the UART registers.
Anyone who thinks that MS-DOS is dead and buried doesn't have to work with
some of the vintage (but still in use) technology that I sometimes deal with
at work. I am certain that there are many on this list whose vocations
involve decades-old hardware that is still in use.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
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