[RTTY] WF1B Problem...

[M5EET@taf.co.uk]

And it's not just application programs which have this problem.  Windows 95
won't run (unless you patch it) on fast AMD K6, Duron or Athlon processors.

Tony.
M5EET.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ekki Plicht" <ekki@plicht.de>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WF1B Problem...


> Am Dienstag, 5. November 2002 15:15 schrieb Jerry Flanders:
> > Anybody know why "slowing down" fast computers allows the WF1B program
to
> > work? Since the CPU is a sequential device, and never actually "gets
ahead"
> > of itself or the other devices in the computer, what is the actual
reason
> > that this so-called "slowdown" method can work?
> >
> > It has been used for years with old DOS games, so there is no question
that
> > it works, but what is happening inside the fast computer that requires
it,
> > and what does the "slowdown" program actually do?
>
> Borland used a countdown routine to measure some short timing. This is
done in
> the screen driver unit for Turbo/Borland Pascal when the program starts,
runs
> only once. The resulting value is used in a division. On fast machines
> (something faster than 200MHz), that result is ZERO, so a "Division by
Zero"
> follows. That is signalled by the Error 200, program aborts.
>
> There are many patches and workarounds for the program author, so I hope
to
> get rid of this one quite easily in the new program. Goodbye Moslo and
> others.
> The dreaded RTE 216 is an entirely different animal, I am not sure if I
can
> track that down.
>
> 73,
> Ekki, DF4OR (working on RTTY by WF1B - TNG)
>
>
>
>
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Jerry W4UK
> >
> > At 07:13 11/5/02 -0500, John L Merrill wrote:
> > >There is a small program called moslo that is supposed to slow down
fast
> > >computers so WF1B will run on faster computers. I may still have it if
> > > that hasnt been suggested yet.
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: rtty-admin@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com]On
> >
> > >Behalf Of Jim Martin
> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:22 AM
> > >To: Frank Fallon; rtty@contesting.com
> > >Subject: Re: [RTTY] WF1B Problem...
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Frank
> > >I posted the same problem last week and received some useful replies
which
> > >did not help me, but could be the answer to your problems.
> > >My PC is 1GHz and it will run WF1B as long as I have no port selected
for
> > >the TNC.  As soon a s a port is selected R/T error 216 shows and the
> > > program closes.  My 450MHz HP laptop runs the same program fine with
no
> > > problems 73
> > >Jim    MM0BQI
> > >----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Frank Fallon" <n2ff@optonline.net>
> >
> > >To: <rtty@contesting.com>
> > >Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:54 PM
> > >Subject: [RTTY] WF1B Problem...
> > >
> > > > The answer is NOT use some other program, please.
> > > >
> > > > I attempted today to install a copy of WF1B version 4.5 on a Dell
> > > > Latitude LM and received the dreaded runtime error message number
216.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea what I need to change or fix to get this going.
> > > >
> > > > I am running a DXP38 with the laptop and hope to take the entire set
up
> > > > with me when I next travel to G land and EI.  Yes, I know that sound
> > > > card programs take up less weight and space, but.....
> > > >
> > > > I am not sure what 216 indicates is wrong.
> > > >
> > > > BTW I also loaded the DXP software and worked HA7UG on ten rtty this
> > > > morning.  The band was open and no one was there.  It was much the
same
> > > > story on ten ssb too.  Later I worked 3XY7C on fifteen.  He was loud
> > > > and hung around for a long time.  I got him at 1641 and he was still
> > > > there hours later.  Then I worked Des at ZD7DP on twenty a little
bit
> > > > ago.  He was 20 over S nine.  So the lap top works but I want to get
> > > > WF1B's RTTY going on it.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions other than going to sound card programs.
> > > >
> > > > Frank...N2FF.....
> >
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