Thanks for the fast response Dave.
I understand. I will install SMARTDRV. I should have
thought of that (or read the manual) myself.
WRT the CAT light, I could live with the faster blink.
Perhaps the next time you are modifying code, you can
think about a command line switch to increase the
blink rate.
73,
Dan
--- "David A. Pruett" <k8cc@comcast.net> wrote:
> At 02:47 PM 1/11/04 -0800, Dan Zeitlin wrote:
> >I noticed a disturbing NA behaviour this weekend
> that someone may be able
> >to shed light on. I run CT more often than NA, so
> it is possible that
> >this condition existed in the past without notice,
> but I don't think so.
> >The first two problems below only occur when I have
> Autocheck enabled,
> >independent of which callsign database is used. I
> tired them all from SS
> >through All.
> >
> >1. There is a significant delay (>1 sec) from when
> I hit F4 my call is
> >sent. I think this condition got worse as the QSO
> count increased. I
> >only made about 650 Q's.
>
> At the K8CC multi-op station, we used to have a room
> full of 486 computers,
> from 486DLC-40s, 486DX2-66s and even some
> 486DX4-100s, all running DOS
> 6.22. We did a number of multi-ops where we put
> several thousand QSOs in
> the logs. While the response time does slow down a
> little with a very
> large log, we had no complaints from our ops.
>
> The secret is having disk cache software enabled.
> Disk cache is a software
> program with a big blob of memory which buffers the
> hard disk so that data
> stays in memory (which is very fast) and does not
> have to be retrieved from
> the drive (which is not so fast).
>
> DOS 6.22 comes with a disk cache called SMARTDRV.
> It can be implemented by
> adding the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
>
> C:\DOS\smartdrv.exe /x
>
> This assumes your DOS files are in a subdirectory
> called DOS.
>
> SMARTDRV needs to have enough memory to hold your
> log, plus the MASTER.DTA
> file so it's not swapping the contents in and out as
> you CheckPartial, then
> log a QSO, CheckPartial, log a QSO, etc. With 256MB
> of memory as you
> describe, just enable SMARTDRV and you should be in
> good shape..
>
> All of this is covered in the NA manual in Section 6
> under "Callsign
> Database Checking", so you can find this same info
> there.
>
> >2. When RUNning, if I hit INSERT with an
> incomplete call and fill in the
> >remainder on the fly, always staying ahead of NA's
> actual sending of the
> >call, the "on the fly" part of the call is not
> sent. I noticed this right
> >away, early in the contest.
>
> This is related to #1 above. The master call
> database checking updates
> with each keystroke and has to finish the previous
> key before reacting to
> the INSERT. Implement the suggestions given to fix
> the checking speed and
> this problem will disappear.
>
> >3. The update rate of the CAT interface is a bit
> slower than I would like
> >for updating the bandmap. This one appears
> independent of Autocheck.
>
> The update rate on Yaesu radios is every three
> seconds while others are
> every one second. Yaesu radios is deliberately set
> slower because of the
> @#%&@%#&% blinking "CAT System" lamp. When I got my
> FT-1000D in 1995, I
> found that the slower update rate bothered me a
> whole lot less than having
> "CAT System" blink in your face every second.
>
>
> Dave Pruett, K8CC
> DATOM Engineering
>
> datom@contesting.com
> http://www.datomonline.com
>
>
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Dan Zeitlin
Annapolis, Maryland
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