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On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Larry Tyree wrote:
> This change is being made as I am no longer an employee of Cascade Microtech.
I hope hte move is a good one. What are you doing now?
> Why TRP? Well, some people have been running out of memory. Generally
> this is because they either don't have any extended memory to load
> other programs into (and even DOS), or they haven't run MEMMAKER to
> free up enough memory in the lower 640K, or maybe they are trying to
> make too many contacts or something like that.
Well, at the moment I run TR as a dos session under OS/2. Can't quite get
teh lpt cw keying straight, but that'll come (I hope).
If/when I run a DOS machine, I only hope I make too many contacts! Not
likely from this pea-shooter station.
> I have had some comments that TRP runs slower than TR. This is quite
> possible as I am sure there is overhead associated with dealing with
> extended memory. The programs RTM.EXE and DPMI16BI.OVL support
> extended memory use. Anytime you put a program between you and memory,
> something is going to slow down.
You didn't tell the uninitated that RTM and DMPI were included as part of
the package. I thought they were 'it's late and I gotta getit out'
oversights!
> I think the best plan is to continue using TR as the standard release,
> and make TRP available as a special order.
I agree. You might want to add some comments in the manual regarding
memory nad recommend some memory managers.
And now, an unrelated question...
Printing QSLs. I have an HP LJ2P, have never seen the labels you refer
toin your (admittedly older than the recent) manual. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Eric WD3Q
ericr@access.digex.net
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