--- In tinycad@..., "John Carter" <ads@j...> wrote:
>
> I understand that there is limited support for using TC with
Windows 98.
>
> My problem is that there are no Windows XP drivers for the plotter
I
> have available (HP 7475A - the Roland DXY 8XX/9XX drivers for XP
are
> often suggested but they only work in one color - and produce some
> incredibly UGLY and hard to read text). The Windows 98 drivers for
the
> plotter work fine and the slow serial interface isn't a problem
when
> there's a PC that can be dedicated to printing the circuit drawings.
>
> The error is immediate at startup. I double click the TC icon and
get
> this message:
>
> Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
> Runtime Error!
> Program: C:\PROGRAM FILES\TINYCAD\TINYCAD.EXE
> This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an
> unusual way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
>
> I installed the Jet 4 update, then removed and reinstalled TC -
still
> the same error.
>
> PC is a Micron TransPort TREK 2 laptop, PII/333, 128MB, 700MB free
on
> the drive, Windows 98SE, all the latest updates.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>

I got email from Ryan Bohm <ryan@...> who also has a Trek
laptop with Windows 98. He installed version 2.60.00 and did NOT get
the runtime error.
I'll try this next week and see if it works for me.

John