[TRLog] TRlog & NT4.0

[Richard Scott]

I hate to sound like a rebel but if you want to run NT you should try
writelog which is made to run on NT. I have both programs and there are
things I like about each but TR does not run well in NT. The clock doesn't
work properly and when I asked this questions months ago no one had a
solution to fix it and I still can't fix it. If you like TR for contesting
run 95 or 98 and forget NT.

73, Dick
W4klh

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Olinger, K2AV <k2av@qsl.net>
To: trlog@contesting.com <trlog@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] TRlog & NT4.0


>
>Hi.
>
>Most folks don't prep properly to use NT for this. It may be that the
>proper steps disable other things that are more important. If so just
>get a standalone 486 and run DOS on it for the logger. W98 unusable
>and DOS usable computers are all over the place, as are 12 inch
>monitors that will show VGA just fine. However, if you must....
>
>THE FOLLOWING IS AN NT 4.0 ONLY procedure. If you use W95 or W98,
>don't even bother to read...
>
>The only thing that NT allows you to do on a DOS box is to specify
>whether the window is full screen or windowed. A fast processor
>(Pentium II 266 or better) with 128 meg of memory will probably work,
>but sources of interruption have to be removed. As in unplug the
>network, shut down all the pagers, screen savers, etc, etc.
>
>Use CTL-ALT-DEL to bring up the security window, and choose the Task
>Manager. Click on processes.
>
>Make sure that you have enough memory to run everything without
>swapping (this is probably the most important):
>
>Look at the bottom of the Task Manager panel. It will show you memory
>usage. Note that this is used/available and is a total number = Ram +
>virtual memory. Your memory usage needs to be WELL below the amount of
>PHYSICAL ram on your machine. 128 meg is the practical minimum since
>64 meg is well less than any NT 4 Mem Usage figure I have ever seen.
>Since 128 meg dimms are less than a C-buck, hardly seems worth it to
>run with less.
>
>Make sure that you have unloaded any run time hogs:
>
>Look at the CPU time column. Note any large CPU time users other than
>the System Idle Process (usually first in the list). Prepare by
>turning off any large cpu time users. If you haven't, you will always
>be waiting for these tasks to give you back control when you want to
>send CW. Some of the little gizmo programs are dreadful
>cycle-stealers.
>
>Physically disconnect the network (LAN) if you are connected to one:
>
>Since NT is a network responsive OS, anything can come from elsewhere
>and steal your cpu cycles. Things like backup programs running on
>other computers, come in and start a huge file operation. The
>possibilities are endless.
>
>If you were on a LAN, let the CPU run for several hours after you
>disconnect and see if any new cpu hogs emerge. These will be items
>that poll across the network and are irritated that it is gone. You
>will need to shut these down as well. Or they will set there and poll
>forever to find their network-distant counterpart.
>
>If you have to connect, use a modem to do it with. That way, the type
>and extent of transactions are under your control. But make sure that
>your modem program is IRQ driven and not polling. Connect to something
>and see if it turns into a cpu hog.
>
>If you have found this slightly discouraging, and somewhat
>problematic, then you understand. Not every NT setup is suitable for
>throttling back to use a DOS box as a priority application.
>
>73 & GL.   Guy.
>
>On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:14:34 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>
>>
>>> I was about to make a NT box and was wondering how TRlog worked with NT.
>>
>>In general - it seems that DOS's performance running under NT is
>>pretty strange.  Maybe there are some knobs to tweak, but I have
>>seen choppy sounding CW.
>>
>>Tree
>
>73, Guy
>--. .-..
>
>Guy Olinger, K2AV
>k2av@qsl.net
>Apex, NC, USA
>
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