[[WriteLog] More re XP Upgrade Issues ]

6 Nov 2001 18:14:22 CST

Not necessarily true, Jon. I'm using a DXP38 on one COM port, a KPC-9612 on
another, and my Omni VI+ on a third. All work fine with one exception. 
XPWare (RTTY software) does not like WinXP. Gary Johnson has essentially said
he's not changing it (I'm reading a little into the response I got from him.) 
However, DXPWin (by HAL) and a couple others (RckRTTY, EasyTerm) work just
fine. So do WriteLog and DX4WIN. So, maybe what you're reading isn't quite
as it appears?
 73, Duane AC5AA
"Jon Harder" <jon@praxisworks.org> wrote:
Just a heads-up to other WL users with multiple comm ports, etc. Who was it
that first said, " If it works, leave it alone ...? "
In running the various web-site pre-tests ( like www.PCPitStop.com ) to
ensure hardware/software compatibility before taking the plunge, and getting
reliable-looking OKs of my hardware and overall no serious surprises, I had
finally decided to move up from Win98 to XP (Home Edition) in a dual-boot
configuration. And then ......
Before opening the XP upgrade packaging I decided to run one last round of
tests using MS's own UpgradeAdvisor which came free on a little CD tucked
into the outer box from Staples.Com. (.I had looked for it earlier on the
MS site with no success.)
Very glad I did! << OUCH >> -- It revealed that XP absolutely won't
support some older plain vanilla ISA serial port add-ons I've used for years
as Comm 3 and 4. My SIIG PCI Comm 5 and 6 ports would require an easy and
free driver update from SIIG - no problem there. But no more "real"
legacy serial port support! While I had followed earlier threads here about
LPT port problems, and had already changed CW keying over from LPT2 to a
serial port, I had not realized that legacy serial ports are also now
rendered unusable without something like the Direct-IO.com driver. (Or a
future addition to WL?) Upgrade Advisor also said NO to my trusty HP
OfficeJet printer/FAX/scanner, though no doubt HP has a driver upgrade....?
So -- back goes the sealed XP package to my friendly software vendor, just
as Win2K Professional did before it. Maybe later, Big Bill, but not now.
I'll save the 100ドル bucks for my grandkids' Christmas. For the forseeable
future, this WL user sticks with Win 98, which has been stable and solid on
a little BioStar board with 400 mHz K6 and 256mB of SDRAM.
73 to all,
Jon K1US
Also appears Intel plans to finally kill off RS-232 ports, PS/2 ports and
1.44mB floppy drives within two years -- see www.BeyondLogic.com .
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