[TRLog] Minimum PC requirements for TRLOG

[Mike]

Now that you mention it Pete, I think I must have been running
in a full screen DOS window under WIN98 during Phone SS,
because I used the Windows mixer to set up levels to and from
the soundcard. That worked okay. On CW, on the other hand, 
I have had trouble with choppy CW, etc, but rather than trying
to shut down all the background stuff, I just opted to run in 
MS-DOS mode.

As I get older I just get more confused!

73 de Mike, W4EF............................

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] Minimum PC requirements for TRLOG


>
> At 11:22 PM 11/27/01 -0800, Mike wrote:
> >
> >I make a DOS boot floppy for the P-133 over at W6UE and
> >let the machine boot up in DOS mode. TRlog seems to run
> >just fine in this configuration. Running from a DOS window
> >under WIN98 always seems to produce strange results
> >(sluggish performance, keyer hiccups, etc). At home, for
> >CW SS and Phone SS, I just restarted my P-133 x Win98
> >machine in MS-DOS mode. This also worked fine even
> >with SBDVP running during the phone contest.
>
> For whatever it's worth, I routinely run TR, with or without SBDVP, in a
> DOS window under Win98SE on a 200 MHz Pentium MMX.  A couple of
precautions
> take care of all observed problems with CW and sluggish radio control:
>
> -- shut down all background tasks except Explorer and Systray using the
> Task Manager (Ctl-Alt-Delete)
>
> -- Run in full-screen DOS display mode rather than Windows display mode.
> You can use Alt-Enter to toggle between the two.
>
> One real advantage of doing this is that you can use the full Windows
> "mixer" with your soundcard and SBDVP, which makes it a lot easier to get
> the levels right.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> www.qsl.net/n4zr
>
>
>
>
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