[ct-user] Re: CT and the new Dell Computers

John D. Allen John D. Allen" <jallen@vhfcom.com
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 09:27:36 -0400


> At 10:00 20/08/97 +0100, Peter Chamalian <W1RM@snet.net> wrote:
> >I've been working with W1BIH to unravel a problem with his new Dell. 
> >The machine is pure Windows 95 (Pentium Pro II 266mHz screamer!)
> >The problem is that CT won't talk to the OMNI. Here's the strange part:
> >other programs talk to the ONMI OK. Other computers talk to the OMNI
> >running the same version (9.10) OK. K1EA says it's an IRQ problem...
> >
> 
> This is the second time this week that I've heard of IRQ problems with a
> fast Pentium (the other one had nothing to do with CT).
> 
> Are motherboards being produced which are finicky with respect to IRQ
> timing? One would hope not, but then, who knows what goes into all those
> clones, at least from Asia?

FYI:
The Dell XPS 266 Pentium Pro 266 is an INTEL motherboard.  
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- John, K1AE

 A couple of clone boards I've bought over the
> years have been real bummers, so much so that I've long since decided that
> the higher price of a genuine Intel board (or similar good US brand) is
> money well spent.
> 
> I hope others don't mind me raising this fairly generic computer question
> in the CT forum.
> 
> Peter VK3APN
> pnesbit@melbpc.org.au
> 
> 
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John D. Allen, jallen@vhfcom.com

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