SABER 1 PROGRAMMING

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FDNY
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Post by FDNY »

hi guys,,

i can ger a IBM 750 486 20 MEGS OF RAM...will this work with the rss....i also hear a pentium one at about 60megs can run rss...any ideas

thanks
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Monty
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Post by Monty »

Hi:

The IBM 486 would be a ideal program
platform for your radio if it is stable.

Although others have indicated they use a
pentium class computer, I would strongly
urge against it.

I have 100's of horror stories about radios
being corrupted either by a unstable computer, Poor cables, cheap ribs, and well
two many strikes, you
and the radio may be out some hefty monies.

Use caution, SAVE major repair bucks

Monty

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N4UMJ
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Post by N4UMJ »

Monty could probably give you the best practical advice concerning the optimum computer for programming but here is what Motorola recommends out of their Saber RSS Manual:

Computer: IBM PC or Convertible, IBM-XT, IBM-XT/286, IBM-AT, IBM-PS/2:Models 25,30,50,60,70 or 80.

Memory Required: At least 640k bytes of RAM

Operating System: DOS Version 3.1 or later.

Communication Card: Serial port....must be compatible with the IBM asynchronous communications adapter.

I am using a solely dedicated desktop IBM PS/2 386 @ 20MHz with 8Meg of Ram and an 80Mb Hardrive for programming and have yet to end up with a paperweight Saber! Just be very....very careful when starting out as you can easily make a fatal error at that point.

Good Luck!

Eddie
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