Alamo City friends,
I really NEED an old 286/386/486 desktop computer that WORKS PROPERLY. - I've "acquired" a 1980s vintage commercial 2-way radio by Midland that cannot be programmed without a SLOW computer that has at least one serial port and that runs DOS.
(One of my "volunteer activities" since retirement from the Army is assisting with tornado & hurricane recovery.)
The information from Midland, Inc. that I have indicates that "a PC faster than a 486 MIGHT work" but that it MAY be "too fast" for the old internal technology of the radio. - Besides that the "programming software" is equally primitive, though the radio itself is nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE.
(I know of a Midland 70-3800B that survived a multi-vehicle fatality TA & being in the bottom of a lake for over 2 years & after being "washed out & dried" still worked FINE.)
I'd bet that one of our members has a working but otherwise "worthless" old PC in the attic/basement/garage.
If you do, please email me with your reasonable price & I'll come get it.
yours, satx
email: texasnative46@gmail.com
I really NEED an old 286/386/486 desktop computer that WORKS PROPERLY. - I've "acquired" a 1980s vintage commercial 2-way radio by Midland that cannot be programmed without a SLOW computer that has at least one serial port and that runs DOS.
(One of my "volunteer activities" since retirement from the Army is assisting with tornado & hurricane recovery.)
The information from Midland, Inc. that I have indicates that "a PC faster than a 486 MIGHT work" but that it MAY be "too fast" for the old internal technology of the radio. - Besides that the "programming software" is equally primitive, though the radio itself is nearly INDESTRUCTIBLE.
(I know of a Midland 70-3800B that survived a multi-vehicle fatality TA & being in the bottom of a lake for over 2 years & after being "washed out & dried" still worked FINE.)
I'd bet that one of our members has a working but otherwise "worthless" old PC in the attic/basement/garage.
If you do, please email me with your reasonable price & I'll come get it.
yours, satx
email: texasnative46@gmail.com