16M was barely enough for Windows 3.1, even then it had to hit the swap file
quite a bit if you multitasked. If you are running an OS newer that that,
your 16M of RAM is a severe handicap.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Baker [mailto:k7dd@qwest.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:46 AM
To: WriteLog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] Minimum system requirements and my setup...
Hello gang,
Here is the "Readers Digest" version of my problem. I hope one of you
has a solution. I have an older version of WriteLog (v10.14E) that I have
been using off and on and I have the same problem that I have had all along.
When using it to decode RTTY or CW the system seems so overloaded that
sometimes key functions seem to lock up and until I turn the volume off
(unplug the input from the RX) I cannot gain control of the computer. My
system is a minimal system. Pentium 100 with 16meg of ram and a 1Gig HD in
a NEC Versa 6000H laptop. I have turned off all of the TSRs except the
voltage monitor and the sound card icon to reduce the load on the system but
it seems to still lock up, sort of. When in the CW copy mode it appears to
run a bit behind. (From what I remember when I last used it a year or more
ago.)
I am open to suggestions. I can expand the memory up to 48meg from what I
read on the web site. Will this make any difference??
Question 2 comes from something I remember reading on the reflector some
time back but I need a bit of clarification. Now that windows is up to XP,
(I still have 98SE) what versions of Windows wont key the rig via the LPT
port? I remember something about NT but don't remember about ME.
If anyone is a "laptop expert" and knows much about this Versa 6000H
what could I do to it to soup it up a bit? Is it possible to change the CPU
to something bigger? I freely don't know crap about laptops. I have built
all of my past computers from the original XT to my 300 Cyrix I know use but
laptops have me at a disadvantage. HELP!!
Thanks in advance to the "Borg Collective" for your help! ;>}
Mike Baker K7DD
k7dd@qwest.net
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