[WriteLog] Save problems

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

Hi Clive,
   What I would do...

	1. Buy more RAM.  Be sure to check what the maximum size and total is
for the motherboard you are using.
	2. Larger, faster hard drive.  One that spins at 7200RPM.  A new faster
disk controller (even a caching type) will greatly improve disk
response.
	3. Defrag the disk before the contest.
	4. Be sure there is nothing running in the background.  If you have a
network, be sure it has some kind of connection or shut it down by
removing the driver.  An Ethernet controller with no connection that is
active will drag a system to it's knees.
	5. Don't use autosave.  Let WriteLog remind you and do a <CTRL-S> to
manually save when you think you have some time...

   What are you running for an OS?  Win95 is slowest.  An upgrade to
Win98SE or WinME will improve performance, but not as much as more RAM. 
Something to consider if you buy a new disk drive.

GL and 73 de Mike, W1NR

Clive Whelan wrote:
> 
> At the weekend I experienced an annoying problem, bordering on
> the serious.
> 
> viz. After the QSO total got to about 1500, I noticed the save
> operation taking longer, and locking out the QSO entry screen
> for a significant time.
> 
> But the end as I was on 2,900 Qs ( as GW7X) the recovery of the
> QSO window was only just in time to log the next caller (
> sending at 28 wpm using the  W5XD keyer). It is predictable that
> at some point not much over 3000Qs, this would have become very
> serious, and limited QSO rate.
> 
> Now bear in mind that I am only a pop gun using vertical
> antennas on all bands, and using a tribander I would have
> expected to gross well over 4,000 Qs. If that had happened in
> the contest I would have been mortified.
> 
> Note also that I am only suing a 200Mhz Pentium with 32Mb of
> RAM. I do have a faster machine nearing completion/installation,
> but unfortunately this does not have the complement of ports
> that the old machine has, and I would dearly like to retain the
> old clonker, and not just for the occasions that I need to
> revert to TR ( DOS) for contests not supported by WL; perhaps as
> a networked machine in a multi/multi environment.
> 
> Is there any way that the save operation can be speeded up,
> perhaps by caching in some way?
> 
> tia
> 
> 73
> 
> Clive
> GW3NJW
> gw3njw@gw7x.org
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