[time-nuts] T-Bolt Mon and Windows 7

[GandalfG8 at aol.com]

Hi Dick,
 
As far as I know this will find the current version of Lady  Heather, it 
works fine under XP on a P4 using a native serial port and, as  per comment 
earlier, also under Win7 on a dual core laptop with a USB to serial  
converter........
 
http://www.ke5fx.com/heather/readme.htm
 
I wonder if you problem on the 486 laptop was a display resolution  issue?
 
I swore by XP for years and still use it, hated Vista and first thought  
Win7 was just as bad, but soon learned otherwise.
No operating system is perfect, no Microsoft operating system particularly  
so, but Win7 is pretty good, despite my earlier comments:-), and my  
preferred Windows system right now as long as the machine is up to it.
 
Not sure I'd want to run it on a 486 laptop though, on the older laptops  
and luggable I use for equipment interfacing, even those using  pentiums, if 
running Windows I tend to stick with Win98SE, or  sometimes Win2K.
 
Regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 21/04/2013 15:42:49 GMT Daylight Time,  
w1ksz at earthlink.net writes:

I guess  I'll forgo the "pleasures" of WIN7 and stick with my XP Laptop.
Maybe some  day it will different.

BTW, I tried a "Beta" version of Lady Heather,  when I try to expand to 
full screen,
the program aborts. This is on a  486 Laptop I have. Is there a working 
version somewhere ??

Thanks  for all the replies,

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On 4/21/2013 4:19 AM,  GandalfG8 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Dick
>   
> I've  tried it via a Prolific USB to serial adapter, running as  COM4,  
and
> as far as I can tell, the answer is  yes---ish:-)
>   
> Both TboltMon version 2.60 and  Trimble GPS monitor 1.60, seem to be  ok
> monitoring a Thunderbolt  under Win7 Ultimate 32 bit, until Windows pulls 
 its
> old trick  and decides the data is coming from a serial mouse, in this 
case a
>  serial ballpoint mouse.
> Disabling the mouse restores operation, and I  can once more switch 
between
> the two Trimble programs ok, but online  comments suggest that a permanent
> fix  for this problem, which  has been around for years, seems to be far 
more
> elusive under Win7  than with previous versions.
>   
> Although I'm using a  USB to serial converter, as this Win7 laptop has  no
> actual  serial ports, previous experience with the WinXP rackmount  kit I
>  normally use, where I have fixed it permanently, suggests the problem  
is  just
> as likely to occur with "proper" serial  ports.
>   
> Just checked Lady Heather and she's also  running fine under Win7 using 
the
> same setup.
>    
> Regards
>   
> Nigel
>  GM8PZR
>   
>   
>    
>   
>   
> In a message dated  21/04/2013 03:49:40 GMT Daylight Time,
> w1ksz at earthlink.net  writes:
>
> Will  T-Bolt Mon work in Windows 7  ?
>
> Thanks, Dick,  W1KSZ
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