I'm developing an application for a friend who runs Windows XP. Myself, I've run 'only' Linux (Red Hat, then Debian) for about the last 10 years, however I ...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
Apr 29, 2012 10:53 am
Hi People, I have attached the file WriteToRadio I get bytesWriten = 0. What might I be missing? -- Kerry N0WIQ My web site URL is: ...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
Apr 29, 2012 1:44 pm
Hi People, I have made a discovery about XstBinWrite () I wasn't expecting. It turns out that if I use XstBinWrite (#radioIoFileNum ,&writeBuffer [], byte...
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cw2008can
Apr 29, 2012 2:27 pm
One thing I would suggest is to change your check for the file number. Where you have: "IFZ #radioIoFileNum THEN" change it to "IF (#radioIoFileNum < 3) THEN" ...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
Apr 29, 2012 5:11 pm
Hi People, I have put XstStartTask () in the function TaskStarter (), My question is the task won't start a second time. What am I doing wrong even when error...
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Vincent Voois
vvacme
Apr 29, 2012 5:24 pm
A typo in your variable name....
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
Apr 29, 2012 6:08 pm
Hi People, #radioFileNum checks out to be > 3 Kerry N0WIQ My web site URL is: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/n0wiq...
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Ray
rmartin355
Apr 30, 2012 3:10 am
I find that somewhat strange. Like I said I am a newbie to xbasic, and if it has a problem accessing a serial port in Windows then something is wrong with...
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Ray
rmartin355
Apr 30, 2012 3:35 am
That gave me a good laugh. I am sure that you have had some very dramatic experiences with Windows and Viruses, but don’t even think that you can not get one...
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Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
Apr 30, 2012 5:23 am
Windows doesn't allow user programs direct hardware access. To do this in Windows you'd need to have a driver (which is to say, a system-level routine), and XB...
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cr
cr2003nz
Apr 30, 2012 7:44 am
Bit of a MS fanboy are you? Well, no, I wasn't actually bashing Windows. I thought I made it clear that I keep XP away from the Internet because I can't...
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bestonnet_00
Apr 30, 2012 3:17 pm
... There aren't many Linux viruses out there and the ones that are out there aren't a threat to home users* (and are only a threat to those running servers if...
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Vincent Voois
vvacme
Apr 30, 2012 8:09 pm
Nopes windows usually doesn't allow direct access. But i figured out that you can use the OPEN command with COM1: (an old trick in the QuickBasic world where...
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Ray
rmartin355
Apr 30, 2012 8:58 pm
Sorry if I offended you. I am no more a fan of MS or any other OS ever made. Before I retired I was a VAR and programmer. I still maintain some of the...
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cr
cr2003nz
May 1, 2012 7:51 am
I guess I should apologise for my crack about you and MS. I was just a bit surprised that you siezed on my passing comment about keeping XP away from the ...
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Paul Nielsen
knluap
May 1, 2012 1:16 pm
You should consider Acronis backup as well. It will do all disk partition types (Linux and Windows, and others), runs under Linux (the standalone bootable CD...
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Vincent Voois
vvacme
May 1, 2012 5:40 pm
I use Easeus ToDo backup for that (one of the many free tools recommened by Hak5.org, amazing Linux and hack related stuff they have sometimes)....
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Asa Rossoff
lovetour2
May 2, 2012 2:04 am
If you ever need to do a reinstall you have some legal options for old Windows machines, starting with: (1) Borrow an install disc for the correct version of...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
May 5, 2012 10:47 am
Hi People, I have used: error = XstKillTask (1) IF (error = $$TRUE) THEN DisplayError ("Task 1 did NOT kill") END IF And error came back $$TRUE as I understand...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
May 5, 2012 12:32 pm
Hi People, There is still something I don't understand about these functions. The attached file is how I am trying to use them and it doesn't seem that...
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n0wiq
May 6, 2012 2:10 am
Hi People, I hav gotten a new laptop computer and loaded it with ubuntu-amd64. This system uses GNOME-3 the operating system seems to have gcc and I got this: ...
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Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
May 6, 2012 5:13 am
... Do you have the 32-bit development libraries installed? Ubuntu x86-64 usually doesn't include any 32-bit stuff unless you add it yourself. -- Steve...
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Vincent Voois
vvacme
May 6, 2012 6:43 am
You can assume he has, considering the fact he managed to resolve this issue the previous time he was using Xbasic on Linux....
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n0wiq
May 6, 2012 12:24 pm
Hi People, Yes I have installed the 32 bit version of X windows interface. I even tried as root and got this: ...
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ed_crumbpacker
May 7, 2012 4:28 am
Hey all I am compiling a hello.x program in linux xb hello.x make -f hello.mak and I get the following: cc -g -Wall -ggdb hello.o -rdynamic -L/usr/X11R6/lib...
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Steve Gunhouse
sgunhouse
May 7, 2012 6:20 am
On Mon, 07 May 2012 00:06:12 -0400, ed_crumbpacker ... Which version of XB? -- Steve Gunhouse...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
May 7, 2012 2:08 pm
Hi People, I am using xbasic-6.3.15-linux on my generic dual core computer loaded with UBUNTU-12.04-amd64 operating system. I have started my program using...
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Valhalla_farm
May 7, 2012 3:18 pm
... It is the Oct 2002 stable release (6.2.3 I believe)...
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bestonnet_00
May 8, 2012 12:47 am
Then I'm surprised it even sort of works, getting something from the dist directory in this groups files section might help (that ancient one doesn't tend to...
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Kerry Miller
n0wiq
May 10, 2012 2:06 pm
Hi People, I know I have made things confusing the last few weeks. On this computer that I use primarily for program development I am running ...
