I just put up a new super computer. It is a 6 core processer running Windows7 on an solit state drive (*FAST*) and Windows XP running on a separate solid state drive drive.


I need the XP drive to contiue to use FIDO and also to run a ham radio program called STSPLUS which I use to track satellites, especially the Shuttle.

Well STSPLUS will not run on the machine. It just blanks out the screen and the only out is to reboot the machine.


Anyone have any ideas why this program will not work on this machine? It
it worked well on my "old" XP machine which still is a pretty slick system.

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Hi Al!

19 Mar 2016 04:18, from Al Kaiser -> All:

Anyone have any ideas why this program will not work on this machine?
It it worked well on my "old" XP machine which still is a pretty slick system.

Was the old XP machine a single core system?

If yes you could try to force the process to run on the same CPU Core.
You can also try to disable HyperThreading (if it is an Intel machine).

CU, Ricsi

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Richard Menedetter wrote to Al Kaiser Subject: STSPLUS Won't run on my
new Super Computer and XP Drive

Was the old XP machine a single core system?

It is a 3 core system. (I'm on it now it's still the working radio computer,) I have a few more things to do to the new maching incuding getting a header wire for the COM1 series port. I need a 9 pin series port for radio control for the Yaesu 1000MP.

If yes you could try to force the process to run on the same
CPU Core. You can also try to disable HyperThreading (if it is an
Intel machine).

There is no option in the setup to turn off HyperThreading.


I was thinking that it was the same problem that I had with THIS program
TER500 that ran but would not find the packer because I had to modify the
PATH statement in WINDOWS XP to find the ARC directory. But it's not because
I went directly to a DOS screen to run the program from the C:\STSPLUS
direcory but it was not. Too bad because of all the Satellite programs I've seen it's the best. Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is
an SK.

And I'm not ready to add ANOTHER drive and format it with DOS 6.22 though not sure that would work either and would be way over kill.

Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-

That's all for now!

Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 19-Mar-2016 at 9:30.
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Hi Al!

19 Mar 2016 09:29, from Al Kaiser -> Richard Menedetter:

Was the old XP machine a single core system?

It is a 3 core system.

Mhhh ... than it cannot be SMP multiprocessing.

There is no option in the setup to turn off HyperThreading.

This is usually in the BIOS.

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

CU, Ricsi

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Richard Menedetter wrote to Al Kaiser <=-

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

Silent Key - i.e. deceased. :(


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19 Mar 16 04:18, you wrote to All:

I need the XP drive to contiue to use FIDO and also to run a ham radio program called STSPLUS which I use to track satellites, especially the Shuttle.

actually, no you don't... STSPLUS is pretty limiting in the number of sats that
it can track at once ;)

Well STSPLUS will not run on the machine. It just blanks out the
screen and the only out is to reboot the machine.

STSPLUS was written QuickBASIC and for early EGA modes... it is long past time to upgrade to software that is operable with today's systems and hardware...

Anyone have any ideas why this program will not work on this machine?

no clue... the author, Dave Ransome, passed away of congestive heart failure back in Nov 2006... SOP0223 was the last release of STSPLUS...

It it worked well on my "old" XP machine which still is a pretty slick system.

agreed, STSPLUS is a nice system... i used to use it all the time... still have
it installed on my OS/2 system... had it taking snapshots that i was posting to
my space tracking web page... i stopped that a few years after dave's death... i switched to using Orbitron and HeavenSat (on my sole remaining Vista box) and
several other tracking type programs that i use on my *nix boxen... there is also an online site called Heaven's Above which is very good and i also use satflare.com's live tracking map to replace the static updated every 5 minutes one that i used to get from STSPLUS...

Orbitron was written by a kid in highschool... it has very little support these
days but it is a good winwhatever program to use... it has the same type of ground tracks as STSPLUS as well as a prediction center that is very similar...
here's a link to the author's site... http://www.stoff.pl/

HeavenSat provides several views but is not as polished as STSPLUS was and is not as graphical as Orbitron... it is also low in the available support area...
i don't have a direct link to heavensat's page where i downloaded it from but this one should get you started... you might want to check out the stuff that the satobs guys have, too... https://www.google.com/search?q=heavensat

here's a link to satflare and its tracking app for ISS... http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=25544#TOP

here's a link to heaven's above... http://heavens-above.com/main.aspx

FWIW: i also use another program called Stellarium... it is a plantearium software package but it has the ability to pull TLEs and show them on the openGL 3D sky dome that it projects... https://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/

they're all good and i use some combination of all of them at various times... i've even written my own TLE tool to replace dave ransom's old orbitel program because it is extremely limited in the number of TLEs that it can handle... for
example, a supposedly complete list of all available TLEs processed by Orbitel results in only 1903 satellites in the list but there is actually 16581 satellites available in my TLEs... yeah, Orbitel is much too limited, too... like STSPLUS it has also reached its EOL...

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19 Mar 16 11:30, you wrote to Al Kaiser:

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

really? a radio guy that doesn't know what a SK is? :(

HINT: Silent Key

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Re: STSPLUS Won't run on my new Super Computer and XP Drive
By: Al Kaiser to All on Sat Mar 19 2016 04:18:07

Well STSPLUS will not run on the machine. It just blanks out the screen and the only out is to reboot the machine.

Anyone have any ideas why this program will not work on this machine? It it worked well on my "old" XP machine which still is a pretty slick system.

If I remember right, that is a DOS based program. Try Satscape. It is Java based.
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Re: STSPLUS Won't run on my new Super Computer and XP Drive
By: Richard Menedetter to Al Kaiser on Sat Mar 19 2016 11:30:40

What is an SK?

Silent Key. As in deceased
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Hi Tony!

19 Mar 2016 23:18, from Tony Langdon -> Richard Menedetter:

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

Silent Key - i.e. deceased. :(

Ahh ... yes ... never seen it abbreviated.
Thanx!

CU, Ricsi

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Hi mark!

19 Mar 2016 11:52, from mark lewis -> Richard Menedetter:

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

really? a radio guy that doesn't know what a SK is? :(

Indeed ... never seen it abbreviated.
Also did not know that you use it like a noun (somebody is a silent key).

Only seen it in the Ham magazine and website.
In both cases only as "captions".

But I guess that is to be expected for a new, non-english native HAM.

CU, Ricsi

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19 Mar 16 18:38, you wrote to me:

Unfortunally it is not supported because the author is an SK.

What is an SK?

really? a radio guy that doesn't know what a SK is? :(

Indeed ... never seen it abbreviated.
Also did not know that you use it like a noun (somebody is a silent key).

interesting...

Only seen it in the Ham magazine and website.
In both cases only as "captions".

yes, i've been reading it for years... have been posting it for a long time, too... in the LS_ARRL echo with the newsletters and bulletins...

But I guess that is to be expected for a new, non-english native HAM.

i didn't know you were that new... non-english should not matter ;)

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Hi mark!

19 Mar 2016 16:07, from mark lewis -> Richard Menedetter:

But I guess that is to be expected for a new, non-english native
HAM.

i didn't know you were that new... non-english should not matter ;)

Got my license 11 months ago in april 2015.

CU, Ricsi

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Richard Menedetter wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Silent Key - i.e. deceased. :(

Ahh ... yes ... never seen it abbreviated.
Thanx!

No probs, it's frequently abbreviated in ham literature over here. :)


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