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Setting up your Win9X computer to run CT
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by XE2AC on November 15, 2001
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Very good article,
this kind of specific information is the
one I was looking for.
I will migrate my DOS CT
to Win environment and take advantage of the other
reosurces.
Thank you !!
Luis XE2AC - W2GO
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by N2MG on December 5, 2001
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Another thing I do is create a few DOS batch files. I have a "BAT" directory (which is in the path) where I keep all this stuff, BTW. I also run pure 6.22 DOS.
Anyway...
I maintain a series of batch files called something like CQCWXX.BAT, SSPHXX.BAT, etc., where XX is the two-digit year, like "01". In them are all the commands one normally needs to run to start up the contesting program: the COMTSRs, the command line (like C:\CT\CT968\CT CQWW01 -VGA -NOW). I leave the batch files in the directory from year to year, copying them to a new name (with the proper year) and then editing them so that the right version of the software is invoked (which I maintain in separate directories). Perhaps a little anal, but I can look back through these files to see what version of software I was using to operate the contest at the time. Also, since I normally use NA for Sweepstakes, the command lines can be maintained differently.
Then above all that, and most important for during the contest, I maintain one simple GO.BAT file. I edit that file before the start of each contest to call that weekend's contest-specific batch file, say CQWW01.BAT. So when CT crashes, or the lights flicker, I can just type "GO" after the PC boots and I'm on my way. This is great for multi-ops.
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by w1md on December 6, 2001
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With the advent of 3rd party software and the desire to be able to manage multi-boot configurations, I discovered an Application published by V-communications (http://www.vcom.com) that greatly simplify's the management of your pc for booting into virtually ANY operating system. This means no more 'mucking around' in various 'hidden and configuration' files to make windows do what YOU want it to.
The latest version of this utility is System Commander 7 which includes support for all MS operating systems through WinXP, DOS, Linux, and pretty much anything else you can throw at it...and the price is very reasonable...somewhere between $50-$75.
Basically this application replaces the boot sector so that on initial boot IT comes up and gives you choices of whatever OS's you have installed...you can select default settings etc...Load up 95, 98, ME, NT4.0, 2000, XP, and DOS all on the same machine provided you have the disk space...
This really is the way to go...then all you have to manage is those STANDARD .bat files for CT or whatever DOS program you might be using...
73 and good luck,
Marty, W1MD
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by w1md on January 10, 2002
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Just a quick correction....the web site for System Commander software should be www.v-com.com . Sorry for the earlier mistake...and thanks to Henry N4UH for finding it...
W1MD0
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by SM6MOJ on January 1, 2004
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Bob Neumann N5NJ gave a good intro to booting a computer under 32-bit DOS. There is an easier way, however.
Windows 9x already contains a boot manager. It is activated by editing a file calles msdos.sys in the root directory.
What you do is:
Use a DOS window to move to C:\
type in attrib -r -h -s c:\msdos.sys
copy c:\msdos.sys c:\msdos.sav
edit c:\msdsos.sys
In this file, you will find a line that starts with: [Options]
Add the following lines:
BootMulti=1
BootMenu=1
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=7
Save the file, and next time you re-boot, you have the boot manager up and running.
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by SM6MOJ on January 1, 2004
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Bob Neumann N5NJ gave a good intro to booting a computer under 32-bit DOS. There is an easier way, however.
Windows 9x already contains a boot manager. It is activated by editing a file called msdos.sys in the root directory.
What you do is:
Use a DOS window to move to C:\
type in attrib -r -h -s c:\msdos.sys
copy c:\msdos.sys c:\msdos.sav
edit c:\msdsos.sys
In this file, you will find a line that starts with: [Options]
Add the following lines:
BootMulti=1
BootMenu=1
BootMenuDefault=7
Save the file, and next time you re-boot, you have the boot manager up and running.
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by N5NJ on November 15, 2005
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I have not looked at these comments for a long time.
While you could use the boot manager, when you do that, all sorts of Windows stuff is already loaded into memory.
The method I described prevents all of that stuff from loading so you have as clean a DOS environment as possible.
73, Bob W5OV
ex N5NJ
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