[TRLog] Minimum PC requirements for TRLOG

[Mike Brown K9MI]

HIMEM.SYS

At least in Dos on the logging pc..

73 - Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Menzel" <retire@rconnect.com>
To: "David O Hachadorian" <k6ll@juno.com>; <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: [TRLog] Minimum PC requirements for TRLOG


>
> On a related note, I can't remember the DOS command that allows the
machine
> to use high memory.
> Can one of you dinosaur DOS folks remember what the command is?
>
> I only can use extended memory, not expanded...or vice versa.  Anyhow, any
> loadhigh command goes
> unheeded at this point, and a "c: mem " command shows nothing loaded in
high
> memory.  I used to
> know how to do this, but time is my memory enemy...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Larry, N0XB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-trlog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-trlog@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of David O Hachadorian
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:12 AM
> To: trlog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TRLog] Minimum PC requirements for TRLOG
>
>
> My usual fix for this, using WIN 95 DOS, or real 6.2 DOS,
> is to load a disk write-cache utility prior to starting TR.
> The one I use is SMARTDRV, which is in the DOS 6.2 files,
> and is somewhere in the Windows 95 files. The syntax is to
> type the following at the DOS prompt, prior to starting TR:
>
> LOADHIGH SMARTDRV C+
>
> Where C is the name of the hard drive. The plus enables the
> computer to do other things while the data to be written to
> the hard drive is cached for a brief period.
>
> It was stated on this reflector recently that SMARTDRV is not
> provided with WIN 98. I don't know if that is correct, or if
> the WIN 95 version of SMARTDRV will work with WIN 98, but you
> could try.
>
> Another possible alternative is to try running TR in a DOS Window
> under WIN 98, where WIN 98 will manage the cache.
>
> I saw Doc Evans' subsequent post on this subject, and his problem
> could be
> addressed in the same way, but Doc is a nonbeliever in disk
> write-caching, and has put a caution in the manual against running
> one. On the other hand, I have used one successfully for years on
> a multitude of machines, all slower than yours, at home and as a
> guest op.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> K6LL@juno.com
>
>
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:23:22 -0600 "Rich Beckwith" <wn0x@earthlink.net>
> writes:
> >
> > It may have something to do with the way TR hits the disk during
> > these
> > operations.
> >
> > In S&P when I hit <enter> I hear a lot of disk chattering at the
> > same time
> > that it is sending my call.  It will usually delay on the first
> > character.
> > After I enter the exchange and hit <enter> I here the disk chatter
> > again and
> > it will stall at various times during the exchange.  Slow disk
> > drive?
>
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