Hi Mark, Alberto and all, For old computers running Win 98, Linrad could be an alternative. The real time properties of Win 2000 may be better as compared to Win 98, but if you have a working installation that you want to keep, I think you may find that Linrad works reasonably well under Win 98.
I have not checked Linrad under Win 98 for a long time and before sending this mail I made a test just to be sure - and indeed the latest version, Linrad-02.24 does not work under Win 98. (No sound output) I am pretty sure it is some kind of bug that might show up on other systems in the future so I will presumably fix it...... In the meantime you might use some old version, the latest that works fine with Win 98 is Linrad-02.21 contained in the file wlr2-21.zip which you can download from here: http://www.sm5bsz.com/linuxdsp/linroot.htm On my Pentium II at 350 MHz the system monitor shows 55% CPU load when Linrad-02-21 is run at 96kHz bandwidth with a Delta 44 sampling I and Q with 24 bits per sample. This is with noise blanker and second FFT using MMX instructions. Straight processing without blanker runs at less than 10%. 73 Leif / SM5BSZ > Alberto, > Perhaps you would kindly allow those of us who have older machines, still > running win98 (as I do for / portable work..) to run the old versions, which > work just fine, beyond the expiry date. > Thanks > Mark GM4ISM > www.dc2light.co.uk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alberto I2PHD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "winrad discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 11:38 AM > Subject: Re: [Winrad] Winrad on Win95se > > > > Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: > >> I have confirmed that the new version of Winrad 1.24 does indeed have a > >> fatal > >> problem on win95se. > >> > >> I ran winrad v1.2 and also 1.22 build 27 and they worked perfectly. I > >> then > >> installed 1.24 on top of it and got the error: Resource BUTTON39ON not > >> found. > >> And the area where the selector buttons should be is just a grey box. > >> Those older versions expire and stop working on 31 March so you can use > >> them > >> until he fixes the problem in the new release. > >> > >> Alberto is working on a presentation for a SDR conference so he probably > >> won't > >> have time to look at this for 10-15 days. > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I am quite sorry to say that Winrad is no more tested nor compatible > > with Win98/95.... these are dead operating > > systems, and in the development of Winrad I had the need to use features > > of the operating system that were present only > > on Windows 2000/XP but not on the older versions. I was faced with the > > decision of using alternate, less efficient, ways > > of doing what I was in need to do, or to abandon altogether the support of > > 98/95. > > > > My choice was the latter, also considering that many other similar > > programs did take the same way. > > C'mon guys... a few months ago I upgraded an old 700 MHz Athlon PC from > > Win98 to WinXP and I was surprised seeing that, > > contrary to what I was expecting, it seemed to run a bit faster than > > before. So the myth that old machines cannot run XP > > for performance reasons, is just that, a myth... add to this the fact that > > Microsoft has closed the support for Win98, > > and that the drivers for new hardware are compatible only with 2000/XP, > > and you will see that there are good reasons for > > leaving Windows 98/95 behind our shoulders. > > > > 73 Alberto I2PHD > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Winrad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 04/03/2007 > > 13:58 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/710 - Release Date: 04/03/2007 > 13:58 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Winrad mailing list > [email protected] > http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org _______________________________________________ Winrad mailing list [email protected] http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org
