[Fwd: [Lowfer] Re: [psk] Running DOS programs with generic soundcard]

[Clifford Buttschardt]

Come on guys---old fashion DOS...DOS!!  Nothing else is needed. Cliff K7RR


On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Andre' Kesteloot wrote:

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> Clifford Buttschardt wrote:
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> > Rick illustrates a problem that has been bugging me for some time.
> > Is there any DOS programs in which a simple signal conditioning
> > interface can be used?  Many of us have good, old 386 laptops with
> > superb displays and totally portable units that can be used with say,
> > PSK31, C-BPSK, and even PACTOR and other digital modes.
> >      It is absurd to assume that these computers are not useful!!  Any of
> > us can build a simple op amp enclosed in a RS232 connector but the
> > program, itself must do the main task of decoding.  Even if a small A to D
> > can be built into a RS232 connector, this is not all that bad a project.
> >      Truthfully, I am tired of whiz bang "modern, but two days old is
> > obsolete programs".  I want to use and develop the older approaches.  Do
> > we have to put up with this questionable "modern" approach?  Cliff K7RR
> >
> > On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Rick Williams wrote:
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> > > I am successfully running the built in sound card that comes with the
> > > Gateway 350 Pentium II machine I recently purchased. It works well on any MS
> > > Windows application.
> > >
> > > The problem is that there are no DOS drivers that I am aware of that came
> > > with the card. So when you run a DOS program in the DOS box or as a full
> > > blown DOS program, the programs indicate that there is no sound card
> > > installed.
> > >
> > > The sound card is a Crystal 3D made by Crystal Semiconductor.
> > >
> > > By the way, does anyone know of a send/receive progam that actually operates
> > > as a true widows program for either rtty or cw? It seems that with the
> > > various hooks that windows has in gaming and sound etc. nowadays, and the
> > > faster machines, that it would be possible to write programs completely in
> > > windows and not use DOS anymore. Or is DOS still that much faster that you
> > > need to do things as a DOS program?
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Rick Williams, KV9U
> > > Misty Ridge Farm
> > > Heifer Raisers
> > > Viroqua, WI
> > >
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