hahahahaha i got https://github.com/sergev/dmrconfig working for me
goodbye shitty windows vm and goodbye waiting 10 years for the shitty CPS to load any single dialog
Thanks for the pointer! Downloaded and built it now, and successfully downloaded the contents of my RD-5R.
Next experiment of course will be to *write* something, and if that works then the ancient Eee PC that I picked up for $20 as a minimal radio-only Windows computer can be retired.