Just wondering how most are doing both. I have bee running diacom in the car with a 386 laptop--Yes its a oldie but works well for diacom. I have the laptop(autoexec.bat) file boot right into diacom.

I run a second celeron 700 laptop for programming. I updated t oXP on all my machines so I created a basic Dos boot disk to actually program my chips. I am running a older XELTEK Rom master 2 programmer. Dos based + lpt port. Win XP does not work well with this programming software and the LPT . I created the Dos boot disk and boot up into the charddrive) of the laptop. either diacom or Chip burning software.

If I setup for dual boot and load up Win 98. Can I run both Diacom and Romulator at the same time in their own windows?

Diacom-LPT and Romulator USB com port(which I do have a USB serial com port setup now with XP)

I would be running Tunercat RT software with the romulator.

Is this possible or ????
If yes with win 98 is there a way to get Diacom to work with XP???
I have not attempted this yet. I know the LPT port goes south with third party software under win XP for the most part.

Thanks
Dennis

 

Ya lost me.

But,

I run the Romulator thru the serial port, and the scanner thru the parrarel, or USB.

USB doesn't like the ALDL for some reason. According to one of em EE types, and it won't run in my case.

 

Baically...no-diacom wants to run from dos boot, not a dos window inside a windows boot......

 

Grumpy,
You are able to use one laptop running both programs at the same time? What oper. sys win 98 or ??

Seems right now I would have to use 2 laptops(Due to running Win XP) Trying not togo that route.

Thanks
Dennis

 

I run one laptop for the Romulator/ Scanner at the SAME time. Just min/max between the two screens.

Win98.
Dell CPx

 

You're running diacom inside windows?! Without any problems?! What ver????

 

He said he was using Windows 98. Windows 95/98/ME will support DOS applications out of the box. (Windows NT/2000/XP won't) After installing the DOS application on your Windows 95/98/ME machine, you can right click the execution file (whatever.exe) and you'll see there is a tab for DOS compatibility. Also check out this website for help on setting up Windows 95 or 98 for good DOS program compatibility and performance:

http://mvps.org/winmac/win95dos.html

Here's some info from that website:

Things you should try to get those "problem" DOS applications to work with Windows 95 or 98:

Note: Many users advocate booting your Win95/98 system to "old DOS" OR from a special boot floppy disk to solve problems with DOS applications. Windows 95 version OSR2 does not support dual booting old DOS as noted above. I contend that you should be able to set up your Windows 95 or 98 system to handle those DOS applications with Windows 95 or 98 succssfully as noted in the following paragraphs. If you follow these tips you should be able to "ditch" your "old DOS" files.


First-Try adjusting the DOS app's properties to run in a full screen "DOS Box": Go to the Properties for the DOS app-"Memory" and run it "Full Screen." Note: Depending on your system setup, Win95 may only provide 550-600KB of free conventional memory to DOS apps without tweaking around with it. If that is not enough, I suggest that you optimize your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS as noted below to provide max DOS conventional memory. If this techniquedoes not help-try checking "Protected" in the DOS app's memory properties. Note: It has been my experience that DOS apps that use a mouse suffer poor mouse responsiveness running in a full screen or windowed "DOS Box."
Second-Try running the DOS app in "MSDOS Mode" by adjusting the "Advanced" (Check "MSDOS Mode/"Use current MSDOS configuration") properties but only if you also optimize your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files as noted below to maximize your free DOS conventional memory in the MSDOS Mode. If you have solid system startup files, you do not need to create custom autoexec.bat and config.sys files for each and every DOS app. Also, make sure nothing is loading in your C:\Windows\Dosstart.bat file.
Third-Try running your DOS apps from a bootup Win95/98 DOS Prompt: When all else fails, the "last ditch" method to run DOS programs that do not like being run in Windows 95 via any of the above methods is to simply boot your Windows 95 to a DOS 7.x prompt after tweaking your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS as noted below to attempt to maximize your free DOS conventional memory and solve any other strange video, memory or other problems. You then run the DOS programs from this bootup prompt, never actually going into the Win95/98 GUI.
I have found that if I run my "problem" DOS applications (especially games) from a bootup "DOS 7.x" prompt (That is what is under Windows 95) I have better performance and less problems largely because it gives the DOS app or game the entire machine by itself. I still frequently use many DOS applications and utilities and sometimes simply do not want to automatically enter the Windows 95 Graphical User Interface (GUI) every time I boot up my system. I realize that by pressing the F8 key when you reboot and see "Starting Windows 95...." this will cause the "Boot Menu" to pop up and you can select your choice (In this case it would be "Command Prompt Only") from there each time. My intent is to show you how to automate that process.

 

I did the drag routine from a min windows window, so there is a shortcut on the desktop. Boots as normal plug in the cable and click on the Icon, and just run from there. No special disc or typing. Win 98SE.

I have Icons for Turbolink, R_T and Diacom, and swap around just with a couple clicks.

 

Grumpy,

Did you have to make any tweaks for diacom to work with Win 98se.

I added a 1gig part to my laptop. Dual boot Winxp/Win98se


Then loaded diacom,rt tuner, and Rommaster(chip burner).

I am having trouble linking with Diacom. I did not try Full screen mode yet or right clicking for Dos mode capibility. Laptop battery died.
I did check my LPT settings. They match. The screen only displays linking to ecm.
All cables are good. I can link with my old 386 pure Dos laptop.
Running 7730 ecm
Thanks
Dennis