Richard,
Shouldn't be a problem. My computer for the second station is a P-60,
and the CW purrs. The key (no pun intended), as mentioned earlier, is
clearing all the non-essentials out of memory. WIth Win98, only pgms
running in the background, before running WL, are Explorer and
Systray. I close virus checker, QUicken Download mgr, etc., etc.
73,
Barry
On 24 Dec 2001 Richard Thorne wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies. I should have been a bit more specific on why
> I was asking.
>
> On a previous machine running Win98 the lpt port did a good job of sending
> cw other than the occasional missed character. I purchased the W5XD keyer
> which makes cw very smooth all of the time.
>
> I now have a new 1.4ghz machine with Windows XP, so the LPT port cannot be
> used. Since I only use the W5XD keyer for cw and really have no near
> future plans for SO2R I wanted to see if the simple resistor/npn transistor
> on the com port interface would work. Sounds like it will. I'll get into
> the junk box and build up an interface and find out.
>
> I'll report back to the group when the interface has been built and tested.
>
> Richard Thorne wrote:
>
> > Hello Group:
> >
> > If the lpt port is used theres a good chance that the cw output will be
> > choppy.
> >
> > Does this happen if a serial port is used for cw? or is the best
> > solution the W5XD outboard keyer?
> >
> > --
> > Rich Thorne
> > ARS: N5ZC
> > Amarillo, TX
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