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Laptop For Running Spectra RSS...

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:03 pm
by kd6rfs
I need to run Spectra v6.00.500 (I believe) RSS will this Laptop do it:

CLASSIC IBM 510CS LAPTOP IN WORKING CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL USER GUIDE AND SYSTEM DISKETTE

800MB MEMORY

20MB MEMORY

BLUE LIGHTNING 486 PROCESSOR@ 50 MHZ

EXTERNAL FLOPPY WITH CABLE

MULTI-ADAPTER FOR SERIAL PORT/VGA/EXTERNAL MOUSE

BATTERY(NO CHARGE)

WORKING POWER ADAPTER

DOS INSTALLED

I cant really find anything older...thanks,
david kd6rfs thousand oaks, CA

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:32 pm
by wavetar
It'll work fine enough. The 6.00.05 version of Spectra RSS will run on much faster computers if you need it to (as per the Motorola Pentium Compatibility Matrix). I've used it on everything from a 386-25MHz to a Celeron 1.7GHz with zero issues.

Todd

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:50 pm
by kd6rfs
okay....so, i buy the laptop, copy the rss to a disk from my xp desktop and then put it in the laptop....no what? (sorry for the stupid questions, but i dont know DOS) how do i install? and then run the rss?

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:53 pm
by kd6rfs
how come it wont run on my emachine windows xp? i have it installed on this pc now???wavetar

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:50 pm
by wavetar
kd6rfs wrote:how come it wont run on my emachine windows xp? i have it installed on this pc now???wavetar
Check your email, as I answered you in that.