Re: Moose Z900 Software

[KJ7BZC <herbertclan4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 9:13:18 PM UTC-7, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 1/13/2022 12:14 PM, KJ7BZC wrote:=20
> > On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 7:39:56 PM UTC-7, ABLE1 wrote:=20
> >> On 12/12/2021 9:03 PM, Jim Davis wrote:=20
> >>> On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 8:17:13 PM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrot=
e:=20
> >>>> On 12/10/2021 9:57 PM, KJ7BZC wrote:=20
> >>>>> On Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 8:18:17 AM UTC-6, Allan Waghalter wrot=
e:=20
> >>>>>> Thanks...=20
> >>>>>> I got it!=20
> >>>>>> Allan=20
> >>>>>> "Allan Waghalter" <al...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
> >>>>>> news:hJXTl.20343$8_3....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...=20
> >>>>>>> Anyone still have upload/download software for the Moose panels?=
=20
> >>>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>> Thanks,=20
> >>>>>>> Allan Waghalter=20
> >>>>>>> awagh...@xxxxxxxxxxx=20
> >>>>>>>=20
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> I know this is seriously an old post, but do you happen to either s=
till have this software or the password used to decrypt it?=20
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> Thanks=20
> >>>> Z900? Really? Yeah, its a seriously old post. Ancient. Archaic even.=
=20
> >>>>=20
> >>>> Its a tiny generic archaic panel. Just replace it. Seriously. I know=
.=20
> >>>> I know. You want somebody to reveal on a public newsgroup industry=
=20
> >>>> secrets so you can save a couple sawbucks, but its just not worth it=
.=20
> >>>>=20
> >>>>=20
> >>>> --=20
> >>>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.=20
> >>>> https://www.avg.com=20
> >>>=20
> >>> But - - - - -but - - - - it - - - it - - - it - - - could be MORE tha=
n $10.00 whole dollars ! ! ! !=20
> >>> En I PROMISE I won't tell anyone what the secret code is.=20
> >>> Why I never - EVER even gave away the secret code on my Sky King deco=
der ring. or even on my Orphan Annie decoder when I was a kid, so you know =
you can trust me.=20
> >>>=20
> >> LOL=20
> >> Since this was posted I have been trying to remember if the software h=
e=20
> >> desires is called RPM2PRO or Transport-PC. Either way I might have=20
> >> either somewhere but would have to move MOUNTAIN to find it. Even then=
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> >> this guy would need at least a WIN98 machine to potentially run it as=
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> >> well as a Hayes 1200 Smartmodem and POTS telephone line.=20
> >>=20
> >> WoW!!! I haven't typed those words in so many years I am surprised=20
> >> I even remember most of them. LOL=20
> >>=20
> >> Les=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Well an update to this, I ended up figuring it out. I got Transport-PC =
up and running on an old 486, and it worked fine with a Hayes 2400. It was =
for a friend of mine that had one of those panels, and we just wanted to se=
e if we could get it to work again, and we did. I'm not trying to get appar=
ent "industry secrets" revealed on here, the software was literally on the =
Interlogix website. I'm just trying to preserve and have some fun with the =
seriously old systems that would just be ripped out and trashed typically, =
and meanwhile learn about how they used to work. Maybe someday, someone wil=
l care to see the old panels that got us where we are today, still working =
and communicating with their original software.=20
> >=20
> > Keith
> Congrats on your fix, and getting it working!!=20
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> I use a Pentium 4 PC running Win98 for Transport-PC, RPM2PRO, DL900=20
> all time connecting with a Hayes 2400 Modem.=20
>=20
> Les=20
> to a few still working systems.

Can't really beat the old Hayes modems in terms of reliability, they work g=
reat on noisy lines too. I've been using my 486 for the old Radionics RAM I=
I software for a while now, it just runs a lot better on real hardware inst=
ead of emulating it or running under Windows.

Keith