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CPS?

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hi all.. i would like to know if or what version cps can be used to programme gm300.gm350 and gp300..i have the rss but my old dos machine has given up ..and i think cps runs under windows so could i use a version to reprog these old radios ??? thanks a lot for reading
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Sorry. But those radios do not have any Windows CPS available for them.
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thanks for reply... oh well i guess i ,ll look on ebay for another 386 laptop!! ..still..it wont break the bank !!
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Gp300, GP350 RSS runs on a Pent 166 BUT IN REAL DOS only.
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thanks will ... do you think a 486 p100 would be ok to run all the old rss
that i have ? ie ..for gm300 gm350 gp300 ht800 ht600e ???
becous the 386 laptops on ebay usualy dont have cdroms and i would like it to have one !!
thanks again
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Post by Will »

" for gm300 gm350 gp300 ht800 ht600e ??? "

Yes for sure on the GM300 series, GP300/350. Not sure on the HT800 and the 600e, but the later HT600 RSS runs fine on the P166, so should work fine on the 486 series computers.

Just as most of us do, make sure to run RSS in real DOS, NO Windows what so ever.. I use a dual boot that will allways boot into REAL DOS on start up, then I can run ALL my RSS. A DOS 6.22 boot disk is also a good idea if yoy run W95OSR2 or anything later, RSS does NOT run in the later Windows 'trash'.
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thanks for info will..... well my old laptop (386) was a pure dos machine !!
but it was so old the screen went and then the hdd !! so i will be getting a 486 and i will put dos 6.2 on it
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I used to use Windows Tweakui when running Windows 95. It would allow me to boot up the computer into DOS first, similar to starting up Windows 3.1

Just an idea.

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I am getting an old dos laptop, would I also be able to put windows 3.1 or such on it so I can also run cps, pps etc. while running RSS in dos?
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Will motorola every make CPS for the ht1000, gm300 series and such?
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Don't count on it. Those radios aren't shipping any more, so the clock is ticking for the end of support on those radios.
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jmr3865 wrote:I am getting an old dos laptop, would I also be able to put windows 3.1 or such on it so I can also run cps, pps etc. while running RSS in dos?
well windows 3.1 is TRUE dos based, however i dont know about getting cps to run on it??
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If so, where can I get a copy of windows 3.1?
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jmr3865 wrote:If so, where can I get a copy of windows 3.1?
a quick search on ebay using windows 3.1 brought up 85 relaterd items including this http://cgi.ebay.com/WINDOWS-95-ON-14-3- ... dZViewItem
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Bob wrote:Don't count on it. Those radios aren't shipping any more, so the clock is ticking for the end of support on those radios.
I dunno... I have a "plan" sheet projecting up to 2008 and it says nada about the Jedi radios.
Says the Astro Saber and LTS2000 are slated to eat it in '08,
Analog Saber, Maxtracs, GM300, GP68 among others in '06,
Analog Spectra, GP300, Minitor III and others this year.

Would be nice to see some gui for the jedi radios...

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Woody_99 wrote: I dunno... I have a "plan" sheet projecting up to 2008 and it says nada about the Jedi radios.
Says the Astro Saber and LTS2000 are slated to eat it in '08,
Analog Saber, Maxtracs, GM300, GP68 among others in '06,
What does this mean? Mot will stop selling any acessories and stop licensing RSS?
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levels....

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The way I understand it, in loose terms, Motorola will "support" a radio for about 5-7 years then it gets dropped into a phase-out category [no longer manufactured] where they sell out all parts/supplies for a few more years, then everything becomes NLA, no longer available.
Somebody here should have a more in-depth explanation..... anyone?
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jmr3865 wrote:If so, where can I get a copy of windows 3.1?
CPS will not run in Windows 3.11...the only 'windows based' RSS which will run under Win3.11 is the 1225 series and the MTR2000. All others require Windows 95 or greater.

If you really want a copy of Win3.11 for other purposes, rumour has it you could try typing "win311.zip" in Google and look around...

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on this laptop, could I use win 95 and dos?
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...lookin' in my windows...

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You could indeed.... IF your machine supports minimum '95 requirements...
System requirements for installing Windows 95:
• Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
• 4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended)
• Typical hard disk space required to upgrade to Windows 95: 35-40 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install.
• Typical hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean system: 50-55 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install.
• One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
• VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended)

Always err on the side of 'better safe than sorry'. You should go into your control panel and turn down the port speed to 9600, and uncheck/disable the fifo buffers and what-not. I've never had a problem after doing that in 95.
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Post by rdmahurin »

Just out of curiosity, what is the fastest processor anyone has had success using to run MRSS v3.xx without using MOSLO or some other slow-ware? I have used a 486DX4 previously with good results, but it just died and I need to ebay soon for a different one.

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Post by Hightower »

I'm going to have to disagree with those who say there is no CPS for the GP300/GM300 radios. Been using Windows CPS to program the GP300's I come across.


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The photo will not show for some reason, just C/P to see the GP300 screen. http://home.comcast.net/~sllewd/gp300.bmp

The part number for the CPS is ENVN4005D and is version R02.00.00
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Post by PeterK »

Install DOS first then install Win95. When computer boots up press F8 then you get an start meny and chose OLD DOS then computer booting up from your first DOS installation.
If you use Win 98 press Ctrl instead of F8 works fine for me
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Post by wavetar »

Hightower wrote:I'm going to have to disagree with those who say there is no CPS for the GP300/GM300 radios. Been using Windows CPS to program the GP300's I come across.

The part number for the CPS is ENVN4005D and is version R02.00.00
Depends on where you live. That software is for overseas radios, the only listing 'Motorola North America' has for GP300 RSS is HVN9128D, version 8.02.00. So, nobody in North America is going to have a legal copy of that. I've never seen/used it...I would've thought it would only work for the GP300's with 5-tone signalling & such.

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