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HT1000
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Station51
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Likely true.
GP300 HTs etc all require Motorola software to be run in the DOS mode.
There is a group that has a lot of info.
RadioDoctor @ yahoogroups.
Many software questions re Motorola and answers can be found there
GP300 HTs etc all require Motorola software to be run in the DOS mode.
There is a group that has a lot of info.
RadioDoctor @ yahoogroups.
Many software questions re Motorola and answers can be found there
lacoscannerguy
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Yes that's accurate, and no, it won't run in Windows. RSS such as that for the HT1000 not only requires an old machine running in DOS mode, but it also requires a true serial port; no USB to serial adapter.
Your best bet, and likely the least costly, is to run to a thrift store and pick up an old machine running something like Windows 95. These can usually be had for $30 or less, and will produce the best results for you.
Hope that helps.
The later version(s) of licensed RSS have no timing problems on Pentium computers. But still requires DOS AND a REAL Serial port.
On my Dell with XP Pro, the computer can boot into DOS to run all the RSS. It also has a real serial port..
And correct RSS does not work with USB.
There are "rib less" serial cables that work with HT1000 and other Jedi series radios.
Project25_MASTR
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That is a very inaccurate blanket statement. HT1000, HT600, etc use DOS RSS. HT750, HT1250 and HT1550 are examples which require CPS (Windows).
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12dbsinad
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I think he meant GP300 era radios including the HT1000. I don't see any mention of the newer waris series radios.
Mattkuhar
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I just programmed a few OLD radios last night, Using DOSBox, and a Keyspan USA-19HS USB to Serial adapter. works fine for me, just dial down the CPU cycles in DOSBox and you should be fine.
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"On my Dell with XP Pro, the computer can boot into DOS to run all the RSS. "
Are you saying your Dell has a dual boot system installed, with DOS and XP?
Or that you can run the RSS software from the DOS emulator that is included in XP?
(XP is NT 5.1, there is no DOS in it or under it, unlike Win9x versions, which could shell out and reboot in a real DIS environment, because they were just "DOS-based" OSes to begin with.)
And which version of the RSS is that? I'd heard the final one (3.x?) did better at this business of running under dos-not-dos.
"On my Dell with XP Pro, the computer can boot into DOS to run all the RSS. "
Are you saying your Dell has a dual boot system installed, with DOS and XP?
Or that you can run the RSS software from the DOS emulator that is included in XP?
(XP is NT 5.1, there is no DOS in it or under it, unlike Win9x versions, which could shell out and reboot in a real DIS environment, because they were just "DOS-based" OSes to begin with.)
And which version of the RSS is that? I'd heard the final one (3.x?) did better at this business of running under dos-not-dos.
Do you retard the CPU speed at all? What's the CPU speed?
No, not necessary with the last 'revisions' of the RSS. They are Pentium compatible.
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