R100 repeater programming

[radioservice]

Hello,

I've gone to great lengths to do this "just right"...and I still have no sucess.

I found an old DOS 6.2 laptop.( <50 Mhz ) Loaded the software. Made up a cable using Batlabs instructions. (thank you...) I made sure that the caps lock and num lock were activated...but still I get "Device Not Ready" for my error code.

I'm not certain when the repeater was last operational...I believe it was taken out of service still working...

Any suggestions would be appreaciated

Thanks

[stay-con]

I found an old DOS 6.2 laptop.( <50 Mhz ) Loaded the software. Made up a cable using Batlabs instructions. (thank you...) I made sure that the caps lock and num lock were activated...but still I get "Device Not Ready" for my error code.

You might want to verify which COM port the connector on the laptop really is. Sometimes they're COM2 instead of COM1 like you would assume.

Jeff

[Will]

Some have had diffaculty running the R100 RSS on anything faster than a 286 10mHz.

Remember this software was written in 1986 to 1988 and that was the platform then.

[radioservice]

....Thank you for your suggestion...I set the comport both ways...Tried COM1 in the software and then COM2 in the software.

I'm using an old thinkpad...is there a way to check which port is used for the com port....

Also, is there a way to check the processor speed? (somewhere in the BIOS)?

Thanks,

Bill