[TenTec] PC for Pegasus

[John - G3JAG]

Yes, I use only 16550's now. They work fine up to 115kbd, which ought to
be fast enough for a Pegasus, or even a K2. Thats still a heap slower
than the DX2-66 CPU, so its down to the memory overhead needed to run
Windows effectively.

Film rights for the K2 project are being offered to Spielberg. Watch
out for an R-rated epic featuring adult language and possibly violence.
(The latter will all be from my XYL when I turn the kitchen into a clean
room for the K2 assembly). So far she has not asked exactly what it was
that I was so anxious to collect in person from General Delivery in St
George, Utah, at the start of our vacation. 
I think she has not yet noticed the anti-static mat and earth bonding
leads on the kitchen table, but when I move the bench magnifier in
there as well I could have a problem.


On 12-Nov-99 Steve Baron - KB3MM wrote:
> AHA!  A K2.  Set up a camera so we can all watch you build it ...real
> time.
> 
> The more important thing abt serial ports is their type i.e. 550,450,
> 8250...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John - G3JAG <patents@dx0man.prestel.co.uk>
> To: Steve Ellington N4LQ <n4lq@iglou.com>
> Cc: Ten Tec List <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: November 12, 1999 1:37 AM
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] PC for Pegasus
> 
> 
>>
>> I have an old DX2-66 486 with 64 meg of RAM; it runs Windows 98 very
>> nicely, thank you. It has 4 16550 serial ports and a PS2 mouse; it
>> does
>> not seem to be significantly slower than the P-100 with 32 meg that
>> I
>> use with my Omni-V for logging. (The P-100 also has 4 ports and runs
>> 2
>> tncs 24 hours a day). But I would cheerfully move the 486 into the
>> shack
>> if the P-100 quit. So the answer to your question is probably
>> another
>> question. How much RAM do you have in the laptop ?? Note that the
>> speed
>> of the serial interface is fairly trivial compared with the 486 cpu
>> clock speed, but there is no substitute for loads of RAM if you want
>> to
>> run Windows faster than a crawl. I suggest 32 meg as an absolute
>> minimum.
>>
>> Confession: I do not have a Pegasus. I just bought an Elecraft K2
>> kit
>> instead. OK; in future I will have to visit the T*T booth at Dayton
>> in
>> disguise.
>>
>> On 12-Nov-99 Steve Ellington N4LQ wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a spare 486 Laptop running win95. Has anyone tried a 486 on
>> > a
>> > Pegasus? What are the symptoms of a slow PC when using it with the
>> > Peagasus?
>> >
>> > Steve N4LQ
>> >
>> >
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