[time-nuts] NAVSTAR proteus GPS time and frequency unit

[paul swed]

Steve
My very small 10 cents.
I am pretty sure win 95 had no idea what USB is. I think thats was win98
sp2 region.
Certainly win10 wouldn't understand what that program was.

But that said there are dos emulators/virtual machines that might let you
get away with it. The other comment is if the device is circa 95 then most
likely you will also have GPS week rollover issues.
If the thing is selling for $1 then what the heck. Fun is fun.
Otherwise you may want to consider something a bit newer saving the
headaches and complexity. They seem to start in the $125 range and go up.
There are certainly modern solutions at low cost without the pain.
>From the guy who has recovered more then a few ancient GPS systems. :-)
I suspect if there is a better answer you will get it here. Good luck.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Farthing <squirrox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have the chance to buy a new boxed unit. Having glanced at the manual I
> understand that the configuration software runs under Windows 95 and uses a
> serial RS232 port. The only Windows box I have now runs Windows 10 and has
> USB only. So my questions are, can I run the config software under Windows
> 10 and will a USB to serial adaptor work with it? I will need to make a
> power supply for it as I think it requires 24 volts. That should be no
> problem.
>
> Any comments great fully received.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve G0XAR
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