Gary,
I think you should be OK. I use an AMD 233 MHz home built machine with
similar added hardware for all modes. The keying seems fine. I have never
logged 7000 Qs on it in one contest... but I also use only 32 MB RAM.
GL, George .. W1ZT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Ferdinand W2CS" <W2CS@bellsouth.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:37 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Newbie Question-Is this computer big enough?
>
> I've read many of the threads in the achives, but one huge question still
> remains for me before I plunk down the bucks.
>
> The computer I am currently using in the shack is an old Pentium-II 200MHz
> MMX machine with 128MB of memory. It is running Windows 98SE. It has a
SB16
> sound card and 8MB video card and lots of ports, serial, parallel and USB.
>
> My question is whether this machine is sufficient to run WL both on phone
> with using the sound card for voice memories and for CW without any
hardware
> CW card add-on? I would anticipate CW speeds up to about 40WPM, if that
> matters, and log sizes up to about 7000 Qs, if that is important, with an
> LAN-based internet connection to acquire and send spots.
>
> Or do I need to have something with more ooomph?
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Gary W2CS
> Apex, NC
>
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