Thanks for all the input, both here and direct.
I was in somewhat of a hurry to get things working before the WW
(wasn't that a great contest? Most contesting fun I ever had) so
I didn't really say enough, causing many people to take time
better spent on antennas to try to help me. I apologize for
that. What follows is probably of no interest to anyone except
those who replied (other than a great trivia question about the
first dot com).
1. Why am I clicking on command.com instead of accessing the DOS
prompt available in the Win 98 Start Menu?
When I first got TR I wasn't used to running DOS programs in the
Win OS (although my DOS experience goes back to earlier than 3.3)
so, the way I set things up, clicking on Start
Menu|Programs|MS-DOS Prompt runs a batch file which starts TR in a
DOS box and sets things up the way I want. Not the way I would do
it now but you gotta love a system that runs TR anytime you run
DOS. At the very least, I would now create a new shortcut to do
this but, it works, so tidying it up is low on my list. However,
sometimes I want DOS and not TR. In Win98 the Start Menu DOS
Prompt selection is simply a short cut to command.com which is the
real DOS program. So, like any other .com or .exe file, double
clicking command.com in the Explorer root directory will open a
DOS box. (I just realized that DOS could be the first Dot Com.
Will have to check the old CP/M stuff to be sure. Can I blame DOS
for all the money I lost on the last Dot Com?)
My statement that I double clicked on command.com was an attempt
to show that the problem wasn't with how I set up TR inasmuch as I
was invoking DOS directly.
I managed to give someone the impression that, to start TR, I
double clicked command.com. No, I start TR by clicking the MS-DOS
selection in Start|Programs. I doubt that anyone else in the
world does it this way.
2. Reboot into DOS
2.a. Cold boot.
Start Menu|Shut Down|Shut down
Restart the computer by turning its power back on - Hit F8
The computer ignored F8 and started Windows. I have used F8
many
times before, so I know it isn't that I pressed F8 at the wrong
time.
2.b. Warm boot
Start Menu|Shut Down|Restart in MS-DOS Mode
Crash!
Thanks for your help everyone. I find that my problem is more
serious in that I seem to have lost my sound card too. For
details, see my CQWW SSB story on [3830]. I'll resolve this
somehow but this reflector isn't the place to do it.
Thanks again for your help and QRZ Papa5? ...oops 73
de Jim Smith VE7FO
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