[WriteLog] Minimum system requirements and my setup...

Thu, 04 Oct 2001 06:19:36 -0500

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At 23:45 10/3/2001, Mike Baker wrote:
>Hello gang,
>     Here is the "Readers Digest" version of my problem.  I hope one of you
>has a solution.  I have an older version of WriteLog (v10.14E) that I have
>been using off and on and I have the same problem that I have had all along.
>When using it to decode RTTY or CW the system seems so overloaded that
>sometimes key functions seem to lock up and until I turn the volume off
>(unplug the input from the RX) I cannot gain control of the computer.  My
>system is a minimal system.  Pentium 100 with 16meg of ram and a 1Gig HD in
>a NEC Versa 6000H laptop.  I have turned off all of the TSRs except the
>voltage monitor and the sound card icon to reduce the load on the system but
>it seems to still lock up, sort of.  When in the CW copy mode it appears to
>run a bit behind. (From what I remember when I last used it a year or more
>ago.)

I think your only solution is a faster processor and maybe more memory. 
Both are cheap today so I would stop wasting my time with what you have. 
Even if you get it to run, you are giving up the advantages of having a 
windows program which is dong other things at the same time, like looking 
up calls etc.

>I am open to suggestions.  I can expand the memory up to 48meg from what I
>read on the web site.  Will this make any difference??
>     Question 2 comes from something I remember reading on the reflector some
>time back but I need a bit of clarification.   Now that windows is up to XP,
>(I still have 98SE) what versions of Windows wont key the rig via the LPT
>port?  I remember something about NT but don't remember about ME.

Any version of windows no based on NT will work. This means Win NT and 
WIn2000 and WIN XP will NOT work with LPT and he has no intention of making 
it work.

>     If anyone is a "laptop expert" and knows much about this Versa 6000H
>what could I do to it to soup it up a bit?  Is it possible to change the CPU
>to something bigger?  I freely don't know crap about laptops.  I have built
>all of my past computers from the original XT to my 300 Cyrix I know use but
>laptops have me at a disadvantage.  HELP!!

The chances of changing your laptop to something acceptable , especially at 
a reasonable cost, are probably zero. Get a new one or used one. Slow (my 
standards of new one but still fast enough for this) are readily available. 
You do not need the new 1 Ghz monsters. Look for a 600 Mhz Athlon or P3 
system on the used shelf. This is only a guess but I think I am right here.

>     Thanks in advance to the "Borg Collective" for your help!  ;>}
>Mike Baker  K7DD
>k7dd@qwest.net
>
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At 23:45 10/3/2001, Mike Baker wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hello gang, 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is the &quot;Readers Digest&quot; version of my
problem.&nbsp; I hope one of you 
has a solution.&nbsp; I have an older version of WriteLog (v10.14E) that
I have 
been using off and on and I have the same problem that I have had all
along. 
When using it to decode RTTY or CW the system seems so overloaded
that 
sometimes key functions seem to lock up and until I turn the volume
off 
(unplug the input from the RX) I cannot gain control of the
computer.&nbsp; My 
system is a minimal system.&nbsp; Pentium 100 with 16meg of ram and a
1Gig HD in 
a NEC Versa 6000H laptop.&nbsp; I have turned off all of the TSRs except
the 
voltage monitor and the sound card icon to reduce the load on the system
but 
it seems to still lock up, sort of.&nbsp; When in the CW copy mode it
appears to 
run a bit behind. (From what I remember when I last used it a year or
more 
ago.)</blockquote> 
I think your only solution is a faster processor and maybe more memory.
Both are cheap today so I would stop wasting my time with what you have.
Even if you get it to run, you are giving up the advantages of having a
windows program which is dong other things at the same time, like looking
up calls etc. 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I am open to suggestions.&nbsp; I
can expand the memory up to 48meg from what I 
read on the web site.&nbsp; Will this make any difference?? 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Question 2 comes from something I remember reading on
the reflector some 
time back but I need a bit of clarification.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now that windows
is up to XP, 
(I still have 98SE) what versions of Windows wont key the rig via the
LPT 
port?&nbsp; I remember something about NT but don't remember about
ME.</blockquote> 
Any version of windows no based on NT will work. This means Win NT and
WIn2000 and WIN XP will NOT work with LPT and he has no intention of
making it work. 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If anyone is a
&quot;laptop expert&quot; and knows much about this Versa 6000H 
what could I do to it to soup it up a bit?&nbsp; Is it possible to change
the CPU 
to something bigger?&nbsp; I freely don't know crap about laptops.&nbsp;
I have built 
all of my past computers from the original XT to my 300 Cyrix I know use
but 
laptops have me at a disadvantage.&nbsp; HELP!!</blockquote> 
The chances of changing your laptop to something acceptable , especially
at a reasonable cost, are probably zero. Get a new one or used one. Slow
(my standards of new one but still fast enough for this) are readily
available. You do not need the new 1 Ghz monsters. Look for a 600 Mhz
Athlon or P3 system on the used shelf. This is only a guess but I think I
am right here. 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks in
advance to the &quot;Borg Collective&quot; for your help!&nbsp;
;&gt;} 
Mike Baker&nbsp; K7DD 
k7dd@qwest.net 
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W0MN 44.08208 N 92.51263 W 1055' 
&quot;Baila como nadie te ve&quot; 
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