[ct-user] Computer problems with CT

[David Robbins]

We have been using 9.68 here and it has been working ok with the dvp.

The 'won't stop recording' intermittently is an old bug, sometimes, but
not always, banging the escape key with a shoe will stop it, otherwise
you must reboot.  Fortunately it almost always happens on the first
recording attempt, after that it seems to be ok.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ct-user-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:ct-user-admin@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Robert Shohet
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 02:54
> To: ct-user@contesting.com
> Cc: Frankford Radio Club
> Subject: [ct-user] Computer problems with CT
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> My computers are doing weird things with CT9.53 and CT9.65 so I would
> appreciate any insight and/or help into possible solutions.
> 
> Both computers are 486 vintage with adequate RAM and hard-drive.  I am
> using
> ramdrive for the DVP and attempting to set up WPXSSB files for this
> weekend.
> Both are DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1 so there are no windows issues and there
are
> no IRQ conflicts.  The computers are networked via Com2 and Com1 goes
to
> each FT1000MP.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1) What is the last version 9.??    that supports the DVP?
> 
> 2) When using the PAUSE command and setting the delay between the
report
> (59) and the number (#) to 1 msec., there is still a gap of about 1
> second.
> Is there any way to narrow this further?  I am truncating the end of
the
> recording exactly at the end of the 9 in 59, but I can't eliminate
this 1
> second gap.  This is not a problem on cw.
> 
> 3) The F2 key will record whatever I want but it adds a CQ on to the
end
> of
> it BEFORE the serial number.  The F2 is normally used for the report.
So
> I
> am hearing 59 CQ contest, KQ2M, etc.  Same thing when I hit the INS
key
> (F5+F2).  I might hear G3ESY 59 CQ Contest KQ2M KQ2M, 1.
> 
> Pretty annoying!
> 
> I tried remapping the keys with no success, I even copied the exch.dvp
> file
> from the other computer (which works ok) to the offending computer and
> overwrote the the exch.dvp file, but nothing changes.
> 
> I downloaded ct965 and tried another version, hoping that 9.53 had a
> personality conflict with my computer, but 9.65 did not make a
difference.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 4) Occasionally when I record a new message using F1, F2 or F3, the
Red /
> does NOT stop twirling when I stop recording.  It keeps playing and
> playing....  When I press the F1 or F2 or F3 key, the red / keeps
twirling
> and the blue / starts twirling too!  The blue / stops twirling at the
end
> of
> the recording but the red / continues and DOES NOT allow me to make a
new
> recording with the same F key.
> 
> I have to get out of CT and then start it again.
> 
> BTW, I created a NEW subdirectory and transferred only "clean" files
over
> to
> it (from the working computer) but some of the problems still persist
so I
> think it is more than just file a corrupted file issue.
> 
> Any help with these problems would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and 73
> 
> Bob KQ2M
> 
> 
> 
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