[WriteLog] freezing computers

[Loyd Wilbur]

I have been plagued by computer freezes when Writelog is running with MMTTY, in various versions. This has been a problem for me with ME, SE and with Win 2000 pro. It has happened when I have disconnected the ptt line and simulated conditions so I can't blame rf, for once. And it has happened with a bare-bones startup.

I'm not a computer guru, but I must wonder if the issue is with the way commands are given to the sound card. When Rttywrite is running to support MMTTY, could there be a conflict in sound card commands between Rttywrite and MMTTY? A clue may be that changing the Priority setting to Highest sometimes solves the problem.  Another clue is that all the efforts I've heard of to solve the problem haven't mentioned this aspect and it may be (ala Sherlock Holmes) the solution is where no one has looked, at least as far as I know.  On one of my Win 2000 pro machines, when I change demodulator types, everything freezes for several seconds but that does not happen on another Win 2000 pro machine, the change over is nearly instantaneous. 

Can anyone find out the sort of sound card the MMTTY author was using? Also, I suggest it would be helpful if those who never have this problem would let us know what kind of sound cards they have. And finally, it would be a real service if someone out there that understands the way sound cards are addressed and commanded could give this some thought.

Thanks for the bandwidth,
w1cx


Loyd Wilbur
w1cx at earthlink.net
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