[CQ-Contest] New shack computer?

[aa6dx at arrl.net]

At 1 PM Pacific time today, Newegg will have a computer .. Pentium 4
..complete with Win 7 software .. (NO MONITOR) .. for $80 -- check it out!
I'm getting one just for monitoring VE7CC, etc... Mark  AA6DX

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hans Brakob
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 6:17 PM
To: Gerry Treas K8GT
Cc: garyk9gs at wi.rr.com ; Keith Dutson ; CQ ContestMailing List
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New shack computer?

Oh gawd, I just had a flashback to "HIMEM"!

And "Stacker"!

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Gerry Treas K8GT <k8gt at arrl.net> wrote:

> Especially when 32bit limits you to only 3GB RAM.
> 73, Gerry, K8GT
> On 7/6/2013 1:40 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
>> I'm running WIN7 x64 ---  all my ham radio apps run just fine, Writelog, 
>> MMTTY, Log4OM, microHAM router, etc.  Machine is a few years old 3GHz 
>> "i5" with 8-gig RAM.
>>
>> Don't see any point in limiting a new machine to 32 bit OS.
>>
>>
>> 73, de Hans, K0HB