Great solution for programming Motorola radios

[Vincenzo]

Hi all!
I hope for being able to be of help to a lot of people.
From few days I have installed on my Pc a software that I believe many of you they know "Microsoft Virtual PC." Immediately after the installation, I have created a virtual machine ready to have installed Windows 95, therefore I have installed him. After having installed Win 95, I have provided to install my two softwares that I use for programming my GP300s and GM600. On the computer where I have installed Virtual PC have not COM port but I have bought an Prolific USB to Serial. I have shaped her with Virtual PC and therefore I have launched the RSS for the GP300. I have been amazed, when I have seen that it works better than my portable PC with which I programmed the radios before.
If someone interested in this alternative, and it desires to have great details, they are to disposition.
Best regards

Vincenzo (IT9VFP)

[kf4sqb]

Sounds like an interesting setup. Also sounds like a good way to turn a radio into a paperweight. You may get away with using a setup like that many, many times, but you are eventually going to corrupt a codeplug. For any software intended for use under DOS, you are asking for trouble using anything but true DOS, and an old, slow (25 MHz or slower 2/3/486 processor) computer, unless using a newer version of the software that supports Pentium-class processors. Any type of "emulator" is not a good idea for programming radios.