> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Scace [mailto:ericscace@direcway.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:27 AM
> To: Gary Ferdinand W2CS
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Newbie Question-Is this computer big enough?
>
>
> What operating class are you usually in; e.g., SO2R, multi-single, etc?
SO, SO2R, M/S and M/M. I'll settle for SO/SO2R working well to start with.
>
> Will you be wanting to use the CW Decoder features (quite
> useful)? They do hog processing cycles.
That's a low priority for me. Sending CW, yes, in spades! Playing back
voice msgs, yes.
>
> Are you running any other applications (e.g., Geoclock, RITTY)
> at the same time as WL?
When contesting, I'll likely keep it simple. If the clock drifts, I'd
probably run a simple clock synch program, but not a graphic world clock
one. CW/phone at first. Dabble with digital modes later. I would want to
have a LAN-based internet connection for packet spots, however. (Home LAN
to another machine that acts as an internet gateway.)
>
> Best way to find out is to just load it up and try it out.
I'll probably end up doing that. But, I figured I'd be dumb not to ask a
couple dumb questions first :-)
Tnx all and 73,
Gary W2CS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Gary Ferdinand W2CS
> Sent: 2002 November 9 Sat 08:38
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] Newbie Question-Is this computer big enough?
>
>
>
> I've read many of the threads in the achives, but one huge question still
> remains for me before I plunk down the bucks.
>
> The computer I am currently using in the shack is an old Pentium-II 200MHz
> MMX machine with 128MB of memory. It is running Windows 98SE. It
> has a SB16
> sound card and 8MB video card and lots of ports, serial, parallel and USB.
>
> My question is whether this machine is sufficient to run WL both on phone
> with using the sound card for voice memories and for CW without
> any hardware
> CW card add-on? I would anticipate CW speeds up to about 40WPM, if that
> matters, and log sizes up to about 7000 Qs, if that is important, with an
> LAN-based internet connection to acquire and send spots.
>
> Or do I need to have something with more ooomph?
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Gary W2CS
> Apex, NC
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