"Bill Crocker" wrote in message

Some of the software that supports the PRO-2052 is:

ScanPro2052
ScanControl
ScanCat Lite Plus

Bill Crocker


Thanks !

H.J.

Technically it's not free. It's advertised as shareware, meaning that it's
free to try, but if you like it, and continue to use it, your supposed to
buy it. He's only asking for $14.95 which is very reasonable.

What's interesting is this software looks exactly like ScanPro2052!

Bill Crocker


"DanOfWA" wrote in message
...
There is a free program for the Pro-2052
I use it alot..and it may not have some of the extra stuff that the other
program mentioned has but being free and it does work quite well
I have been using it for a while and it works great

it says it is for win9x but I imagine it would work on XP as well

you can find it at

http://www.qsl.net/kd5lmy/software1.htm

Al Klein wrote:

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 07:29:55 -0600, "Honest John"
wrote:


I didn't necessarily mean "how" one could detect if a R.S. product will
be
discontinued but "why" R.S. would discontinue such an excellent scanner
as
the Pro-2052.


RS's rationale isn't how good a scanner is, it's how profitable it is.


I'm missing some obscure fact as to why the R.S. execs. would
chose to axe this particular scanner when they came out with such
inferior
scanners that desperately need to be axed.



The "inferior" ones bring in profit - the axed ones don't. It's not
obscure at all.


I have another question, the two times I tried to order the computer
program
that would allow me to control the scanner from my computer met with
comments like: They discontinued that, or We can't get it in this store.
Anyone know the "real" story of the advertised computer program that
some,
including myself, couldn't get ?


Which program are you talking about? The only one RS ever sold (that
I know of) is discontinued, and it wasn't all that good to begin with.
Get Don Starr's program for whichever scanner you have, and you won't
be sorry. (I have nothing to do with either RS or Don, but I write
software and I recognize good stuff when I see [and use] it.)
http://www.starrsoft.com


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"Bill Crocker" wrote in message


Technically it's not free. It's advertised as shareware, meaning that
it's
free to try, but if you like it, and continue to use it, your supposed to
buy it. He's only asking for $14.95 which is very reasonable.

http://www.pro2052.com/ is the same price and a lot more " bells and
whistles" !!

H.J. ( back into scanning )

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:16:56 -0500, "Bill Crocker"
wrote:

You are correct that Don Starr writes excellent software, ie; Win95, Win96,
Win97, etc. Unfortunately he doesn't write software for the PRO-2052. All
of Don's software is for Radio Shack (GRE manufactured) radios. The Radio
Shack PRO-2052 is manufactured for them by Uniden.

You're right, Bill. I don't keep up with RS's model numbers. But if
it's Uniden the command set should be pretty easy to figure out.

"Al Klein" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:16:56 -0500, "Bill Crocker"
wrote:

You are correct that Don Starr writes excellent software, ie; Win95,
Win96,
Win97, etc. Unfortunately he doesn't write software for the PRO-2052.
All
of Don's software is for Radio Shack (GRE manufactured) radios. The Radio
Shack PRO-2052 is manufactured for them by Uniden.

You're right, Bill. I don't keep up with RS's model numbers. But if
it's Uniden the command set should be pretty easy to figure out.

I hear ya Al! I couldn't keep up either if it wasn't for being out of work,
and bored to death! LOL! They change models like Michigan's weather
changes!

Bill Crocker

I misspoke.....
I should have said it is not cripple ware
(and yes I did pay for mine -- eventually)

Bill Crocker wrote:
Technically it's not free. It's advertised as shareware, meaning that it's
free to try, but if you like it, and continue to use it, your supposed to
buy it. He's only asking for $14.95 which is very reasonable.

What's interesting is this software looks exactly like ScanPro2052!

Bill Crocker


"DanOfWA" wrote in message
...

There is a free program for the Pro-2052
I use it alot..and it may not have some of the extra stuff that the other
program mentioned has but being free and it does work quite well
I have been using it for a while and it works great

it says it is for win9x but I imagine it would work on XP as well

you can find it at

http://www.qsl.net/kd5lmy/software1.htm

Al Klein wrote:


On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 07:29:55 -0600, "Honest John"
wrote:



I didn't necessarily mean "how" one could detect if a R.S. product will
be
discontinued but "why" R.S. would discontinue such an excellent scanner
as
the Pro-2052.


RS's rationale isn't how good a scanner is, it's how profitable it is.



I'm missing some obscure fact as to why the R.S. execs. would
chose to axe this particular scanner when they came out with such
inferior
scanners that desperately need to be axed.


The "inferior" ones bring in profit - the axed ones don't. It's not
obscure at all.



I have another question, the two times I tried to order the computer
program
that would allow me to control the scanner from my computer met with
comments like: They discontinued that, or We can't get it in this store.
Anyone know the "real" story of the advertised computer program that
some,
including myself, couldn't get ?


Which program are you talking about? The only one RS ever sold (that
I know of) is discontinued, and it wasn't all that good to begin with.
Get Don Starr's program for whichever scanner you have, and you won't
be sorry. (I have nothing to do with either RS or Don, but I write
software and I recognize good stuff when I see [and use] it.)
http://www.starrsoft.com


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