Keith Morehouse wrote:
>
> Tree N6TR wrote:
> >
> > Are there other people who have access to machines with 64 or 128
> > megabytes who can comment on how TR is doing on those machines?
>
> I'm running TR on a Cyrix PR166+ machine with 64MB of memory. I run it
> in DOS X.X (the "DOS" that comes with WIN95) without booting the GUI.
> In other words, I'm NOT running TR in a DOS shell under WIN95, but under
> DOS alone.
>
> I have not had any problems with TR in this configuration. I HAVE had,
> however, problems with WIN95 instability that do not show up on the same
> machines running with 32MB or less memory. Coincidence ? Maybe.
>
> Tree, how many Q's can I expect to log if I start with the TR memory
> counter at 70KB (35 KB or so after hitting TRMASTER the first time) ??
> I must load several drivers and TSR's before TR (PCI bus I/O card, CVB,
> ect...) that take up room. I shoved 1000 SS Q's into it with no problem
> but am wondering what would happen in a REAL contest (multi-op, 5000
> Q's) ??
>
I would surely run under the dos window. Doing that I have well over
200K of memory available. I have no problems now with 64 meg ram and had
none before when I had 32 megs. I doubt any of the prblems are from
TRLOG itself.
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