[TenTec] Pegasus and DOS programs

[Steve Ellington N4LQ]

You need a new PC Roy. 120mhz processors in a Laptop are slow but with
16mb of ram it's a wonder you can run two programs at all. I've got a
350mhz with 64mb of ram and would not recommend less to run a Pegasus.
With a slow pc like that you may find your Remote Tuning Pod to be
erratic or non functional and the band sweep very very slow.
Try running your "system monitor" if you are using Windows 95 and see
what happens when you tune the radio's frequency. I found that by
simply turning the remote pod knob, the processor kicked into 100%
usage.
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Minuth" <rminuth@tir.com>
To: "Steve Ellington N4LQ" <n4lq@iglou.com>; "Roy Minuth - KC8CHR"
<rminuth@tir.com>; "TenTec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus and DOS programs


> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for the advice. The computer I am using for the Pegasus is a
IBM
> Thinkpad laptop that has a Pentium 120 processor with 16 megs of
RAM..
> Thinking back to the old DOS days, I now remember that DOS does not
> multi-task all that great or not at all.. DOS loves to have all the
> processor time for itself.
>
> Someone said that Log EQF would be a good logging program and I
found out
> on their Web page that its also a DOS program. I'll have to see if
there is
> any way to reduce the DOS programs processor usage. Thanks for your
comments.
>
> 73,  --Roy--  KC8CHR
>
> At 04:37 PM 01/02/2000 -0500, Steve Ellington N4LQ wrote:
> >I noticed that when I begin a QSO and use the "call" button to
bring
> >up the CD,  the processor keeps me from keying the rig for a few
> >seconds while the CD is being read. Maybe a faster PC would help.
This
> >is a 350mhz.
> >Steve N4LQ
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Roy Minuth - KC8CHR" <rminuth@tir.com>
> >To: "TenTec" <tentec@contesting.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 4:06 PM
> >Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus and DOS programs
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Any Pegasus owners experience software slow down when running a
DOS
> >program
> >> and the Pegasus software at the same time. I use a DOS logging
> >program
> >> called Hyperlog and when running CW, the software will hang just
> >long enough
> >> to slow me down. I have to wait for the Pegasus software to
recover
> >before I
> >> can continue my QSO. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> 73,  --Roy--  KC8CHR
> >>
> >>
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> --Roy--
> rminuth@netquest.com
>


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