[WriteLog] New WriteLog PC Recommendation

[John Merrill]

Wish there was a store in Phoenix :-).

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:52 AM, k0bx at arrl.net <k0bx at arrl.net> wrote:

>  just want to relay my experience with the refurbished desktops.
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> Nothing bad just good.
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> At work we have a emergency response trailer that is provided by the
> company.  We have 4 operating positions.  We recently upgraded the
> station with Icom ProIII and Alpha Amps.  This trailer also does double
> duty as our contest station.
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> We got new to us computers, 5 of them, they are HP DX5150 Small Form
> Factor PC, AMD Athlon 64 3200 2.0GHz CPU, 512MB memory, 40GB HDD,
> DVD-ROM drive, XP Pro with Recovery CD from a company called Micro
> Center for $129.99 each.
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> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0328122
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> They come with WindowsXP PRO, and have a comport and printer port.  We
> use Writelog and a local network between rigs.  Rigcontrol is USB, RTTY
> interface uses the comport and CW sending uses the printer port.  On the
>  4th computer we added a 4 comport board ($25 from NewEgg) to run the
> satellite station antennas.  Windows, Writelog and other software only
> takes up 5GB of the 40 GB drive.  They run very fast.
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> They have been running for about 6 months now with no problems.
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> No need for super-duper computers for this type of applications.
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> Joe K0BX
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> Stop the insanity!
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> Please do not add me to any distribution lists (Joke, Stories or Junk)
> without my permission.
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> --- On Fri, 9/3/10, Zoli Pitman HA1AG <ha1ag at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Zoli Pitman HA1AG <ha1ag at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] HELP - New WriteLog PC Recommendation
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 4:25 AM
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
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> > From: Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net>
> >
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > There are two thoughts:
> >
> > 1.  Upgrade to an XP machine.
> >     - the good:  Very stable now.  Everybody knows how it works. Few
> > problems
> >    - the bad:  Good luck finding one (especially a new one)
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> Well, desktops are perfectly OK for contesting. I would buy a new
> HDD to be safe. Any P4 with 2GHz CPU (or even less) will do (for XP).
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> 73!
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> zoli ha1ag
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