[linrad] xp64 and mingw and linrad

[Roger Rehr <comcast.net; w3sz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, All,

After Bob asked about MinGW under XP64, I belatedly figured out that I 
should give some information on Linrad and XP64.

If I compile Linrad.exe under Ubuntu Linux, 64 bit version, it will run 
OK on windows XP64, with occasional crashes.  It accesses the printer 
port at 33792 OK, so I can control the WSE hardware under XP64.

If I try to compile Linrad for XP64 on XP64, MinGW starts out fine, but 
the compile doesn't finish, as NASM does not work under XP64 [this is 
well-known].

The compile ends with a windows error message:

The program or feature "\??\C:\mingw\bin\nasm.exe" cannot start or run 
due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows".


There is a replacement for NASM called YASM, that does work under XP 
64, but when I run it the compile ends with the error:

"
c:\mingw\bin\nasm -w-orphan-labels -fwin32 -s split.sw -o split.oz
split.sw:58:  global EQU value not an integer expression
"

with several instances of this type of error message.

So I haven't been able to compile linrad.exe for XP64 under windows, 
although I have done so under Linux.

The precompiled version of linrad.exe that Leif has available for 
download from his website works OK under XP64 and is able to access the 
printer port at 33792.

I hope that is helpful / of some interest.

73,

W3SZ
Roger Rehr
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz




Roger Rehr
W3SZ
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz


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