Thanks Bob... Also to K5KG and others who responded. Nest time I'm in the
shack I'll try booting to "true DOS" using F8 and see what happens. I'll
let you know...
73,
Frank
wb2bxo@arrl.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Mandeville <n1edm@neaccess.net>
To: Bill Hider <n3rr@erols.com>
Cc: Frank Grossman <fgrossma@idt.net>; <ct-user@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ct-user] Making CT talk to my IC-765 Through My Windows-98SE
Machine.
>
> Bill,
> Actually, one can use your 3rd technique right from start-up. If you hit
F8 as
> the PC is cold-booting, just as the "Starting Windows 95/98" msg appears,
you
> can get into DOS without ever having to endure the agony of loading
WIN95/98.
> You can create a small .bat file gthat will get read on startup of CT that
will
> load the COMTSR1, etc. Batch files are easy to make.
>
> Bob, N1EDM
>
>
> Bill Hider wrote:
>
> > There are three ways to get to DOS from Windows 95/98. You tried the
2nd
> > one.
> > The first one is the DOS prompt at the Start | Programs menu - this
rarely
> > works either.
> >
> > Try the third one: Start | Shutdown | Restart, then when the message
> > that says: Starting Windows appears, press F8. Then select "Command
Prompt
> > Only".
> > Now you are in the "true DOS" mode.
>
>
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