That is just a detail.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill_Ames@hyperion.com <Bill_Ames@hyperion.com>
To: Carl Hyde <cshyde@yahoo.com>
Cc: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus
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>Well, sure, if you want to run old PCs and old O/S, but what if you want to
be
>able to use all the new goodies in Windows (9.x or NT) If I have the rig
near
>the antenna then I don't think anything short of fiberoptic link would
work!
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>Carl Hyde <cshyde@yahoo.com> on 05/17/99 01:35:51 PM
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>To: Bill Ames@Hyperion, tentec@contesting.com
>cc:
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus
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>This is easy. Just go to the Black Box catalog and
>get an RS-232 to RS-422 converter and you can run up
>to 1000 feet with RS-422 and use shielded cable. Its
>easy and most homes don't have a run of 1000 feet. Or
>hook it up to a 486 running Windows 3.1 (you know the
>windows that actually worked good) and network your
>other PC to the remote and operate it that way.
>Plenty of ways to do it.
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>--- Bill_Ames@hyperion.com wrote:
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>> Well, there goes remote operation, regular RS232
>> ports are limited to a fairly
>> short run, especially in an RF unfriendly
>> environment. Too bad they didn't make
>> the interface state-of-the art. oh well....
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>> "Duane A. Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com> on 05/17/99
>> 10:02:14 AM
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>> To: Bill Ames@Hyperion
>> cc:
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus
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>> Standard serial port, not USB. The software is very
>> simple and works
>> fine on Windows 3.1, which has no USB support.
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>> 73, Duane AC5AA
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>> On Mon, 17 May 1999 09:50:01 -0400
>> Bill_Ames@hyperion.com writes:
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>> >Needs a serial port... Dosen't the USB allow
>> multiple connections to
>> >th e same
>> >port? Perhaps it wil have a USB port?
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