IMHO, if you max the memory in the laptop to 48MB and run Win95/98, you may
be able to get barely acceptable performance out of it. If the memory isn't
too expensive, it's probably worth a shot if you like the laptop otherwise.
Of course the ideal solution is to go for a new box with a much faster
processor and lots of memory. Standard DIMM memory is dirt cheap now.
GL/73,
Barry N1EU
www.n1eu.com
>From: Gil Baron <gbaron@home.com>
>To: "Mike Baker" <k7dd@qwest.net>, <WriteLog@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Minimum system requirements and my setup...
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 06:19:36 -0500
>
>At 23:45 10/3/2001, Mike Baker wrote:
>>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 think your only solution is a faster processor and maybe more memory.
>Both are cheap today so I would stop wasting my time with what you have.
>Even if you get it to run, you are giving up the advantages of having a
>windows program which is dong other things at the same time, like looking
>up calls etc.
>
>
>
>>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.
>
>
>Any version of windows no based on NT will work. This means Win NT and
>WIn2000 and WIN XP will NOT work with LPT and he has no intention of making
>it work.
>
>
>> 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!!
>
>
>The chances of changing your laptop to something acceptable , especially at
>a reasonable cost, are probably zero. Get a new one or used one. Slow (my
>standards of new one but still fast enough for this) are readily available.
>You do not need the new 1 Ghz monsters. Look for a 600 Mhz Athlon or P3
>system on the used shelf. This is only a guess but I think I am right here.
>
>
>
>> Thanks in advance to the "Borg Collective" for your help! ;>}
>>Mike Baker K7DD
>>k7dd@qwest.net
>>
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>Gil Baron http://members.home.com/gbaron
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