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Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux

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On Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 12:23 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:

> Interestingly, it appears that the original author was threatened with
> patent infringement of US Patent 5,005,210[1].  It seems as though the
> patent may have expired in 2008[2].
>
> .....
>

Thanks for that, the usual shady story.


> Just glancing at the source and from the comments of others, there is
> probably some amount of the source that could be usable.  I suspect the
> UI and the sound interface would need to be written from scratch as they
> are probably Turbo C and Soundblaster specific, respectively.


The thing is, the Soundblaster and the (Commodore? or Curtis?) sound chips
in them became a de facto standard. DOS and Windows. There were clone chips
and compatible cards, etc.

So the project could have a broad compatibility reach. And you have to
wonder if it's been mostly done already.

Still
> this would be a very useful tool for those interested in radio frequency
> (RF) work, especially with a laptop or SBC (Raspberry Pi, etc.).
>
> - Nate
>
> [1] https://www.qsl.net/n9zia/xmit_id/legal.html
> [2] https://patents.google.com/patent/US5005210A/en
> [3] https://wiki.w9cr.net/index.php/Transmitter_Fingerprinting
> [4]
> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dispatch/name/richard-rager-obituary?id=28327105
>
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Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-21 13:00 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-11-21 13:30 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-11-21 13:40 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-21 13:50 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-11-21 13:50 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-11-21 14:10 +0100
      Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-21 14:20 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-21 15:00 +0100
      Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-21 15:00 +0100
        Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> - 2021-11-21 15:40 +0100
        Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> - 2021-11-21 15:40 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Fabio Martins <fm+deb+user@phosphorusnetworks.com> - 2021-11-21 14:10 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-21 14:20 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-11-21 19:30 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-11-22 16:40 +0100
  Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2021-11-21 21:30 +0100
    Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-11-21 23:50 +0100
      Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-11-22 00:30 +0100
        Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2021-11-23 19:50 +0100
      Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Daniel Haude <dhaude@posteo.de> - 2021-11-22 16:30 +0100
      Re: Offtopic: Transfer a programm from DOS to Linux Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2021-11-22 18:20 +0100

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