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Using RIBLESS programming for a HT1000
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HT1000 Programming
Verify you indeed have a ribless cable. Make sure the contact points on the radio are clean and intact, and check the contact pins on the cable. I had one pin break on my HT1250 ribless cable, and got a similar error message. I had to replace the whole cable.
Verify you indeed have a ribless cable. Make sure the contact points on the radio are clean and intact, and check the contact pins on the cable. I had one pin break on my HT1250 ribless cable, and got a similar error message. I had to replace the whole cable.
:lol: Yes, you need true DOS as the HT1000 RSS is a DOS program.
What OS are you using? What speed processor? You're going to have a hard time running it on a fast computer, I've used a PII 366mhz but I'd not try anything really modern.
What OS are you using? What speed processor? You're going to have a hard time running it on a fast computer, I've used a PII 366mhz but I'd not try anything really modern.
I don't have anything old to run it on...the oldest thing I have is running windows ME. Not sure about the speed and everything, it's at work. Is there any other way to program this thing? How can I get to DOS from an XP machine?
The ME machine might work, if you can make a boot disk to boot directly into DOS, and run the RSS straight from that it might/should work.
I only have one machine with a floppy, i tred to make 3 boot disks today, and they all kept telling me bad sector. Also, how do I run the program once in DOS? I'm going to go down to the pawn shop see if I can get an old computer.
zach3713 said:
I can e-mail the HT1000 RSS users manual, it has quite a bit of useful info. Just send an e-mail to Mong_Loves_Midgets@yahoo.com and I will send the manual to anyone interested. I won't send any RSS, so please nobody ask for that. If you do I will report you to Santa Claus and you will get a lump of coal in your stocking. :lol:
K2GOG
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Grog said:
nice email address!
see the movie "In Bruges" yet?
ok, back to the topic at hand...
radionerd13669
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Are you the same as the poster from batlabs I believe some answers are on there
The ME machine will probably work fine IF you have an RSS version that will work with Windows 95/98. I have version R03.02.01 28-Jun-96 working well in ME for the past 10 years, so that and any later versions should work, BUT there are some steps you'll have to take after installing it to make it work properly. Below is the short version of the "read me" file in the later software, and in it you'll find the long version of these settings. If your copy of the RSS does not have these instructions, it's still likely to be a version that will work with 95/98/ME if it's later than the one listed here or has the update for 12.5 kHz channel spacing, so be sure to follow these steps below before attempting to program at home or you're likely to become familiar with the term "brick." If you are able to read the radio after making these mods, then it should also program just fine provided that there's no "noise" getting on the cables. That's another problem that these setups are susceptible to.
After installing it, go to Explore and call up the file so that the files are displayed in the right window.
Right click on the HT1000 application icon (should read Type: Application Size: 474 kb when you mouse over it)
Left click on Properties.
General page: Change "Attributes" to Archive, make "Read only" and "Hidden" False
Program page: Change "Run" to Maximized.
Make "Close on exit" True.
Make "Prevent MS-DOS-based programs from detecting Windows"
True.
Font page: Choose "Both font types."
Memory page: Make all choices "Auto."
Screen page: Usage: choose "Full screen." Initial size: choose "default."
Window: make "Restore settings on startup" True.
Performance: make "Fast ROM emulation True.
make "Dynamic memory allocation" True
Misc. page: Foreground: make "Allow screen saver" False
Mouse: make both choices False
Background: make "Always suspend" True
Termination: make "Warn if still active" True
Idle sensitivity: Low (all the way left)
Other: make "Fast pasting" False
Windows shortcut keys: may be left True
Again, all of this is per the supplemental instructions that came from MotherMoto to use some RSS versions with 95/98, and which was in the "Read me" files in later RSS versions, so if you have the version with the updated "read me" file, you'll find all this in there.
After installing it, go to Explore and call up the file so that the files are displayed in the right window.
Right click on the HT1000 application icon (should read Type: Application Size: 474 kb when you mouse over it)
Left click on Properties.
General page: Change "Attributes" to Archive, make "Read only" and "Hidden" False
Program page: Change "Run" to Maximized.
Make "Close on exit" True.
Make "Prevent MS-DOS-based programs from detecting Windows"
True.
Font page: Choose "Both font types."
Memory page: Make all choices "Auto."
Screen page: Usage: choose "Full screen." Initial size: choose "default."
Window: make "Restore settings on startup" True.
Performance: make "Fast ROM emulation True.
make "Dynamic memory allocation" True
Misc. page: Foreground: make "Allow screen saver" False
Mouse: make both choices False
Background: make "Always suspend" True
Termination: make "Warn if still active" True
Idle sensitivity: Low (all the way left)
Other: make "Fast pasting" False
Windows shortcut keys: may be left True
Again, all of this is per the supplemental instructions that came from MotherMoto to use some RSS versions with 95/98, and which was in the "Read me" files in later RSS versions, so if you have the version with the updated "read me" file, you'll find all this in there.
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b7spectra
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I had the problem as well, but when I booted into Win98 and went to the Control Panel, I discovered that my Comm2 was disabled. Once I enabled it and rebooted into DOS, it worked perfectly.
gadgetguy15
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I looked online and found a thing where you can boot to a copy of DOS on a flashdrive plugged into the USB port. I used it on a 1gig machine without a problem and was able to program my HT1000. This was like a year ago though so I don't remember the specifics, but Google searching was how I figured it out.
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