John,
48K RAM? That's about what my Commodore 64 had :.)
Back to the original question:
My bet is on the RAM. I ran WL on a P60 (Win98 FE) for quite a while
on my second computer with 128 Meg RAM with no problems, and now have
a PII-450 (256M RAM) running Win98 FE as my second computer, and it
runs great, including CW and RTTY decode. Besides adding RAM, make
sure you shut down all the misc. programs from your toolbar (before
running WL), and go into task manager (CTL ALT DEL once) and see what
else is running in the background. All you really need running is
Explorer and Systray.
Speaking of Win98, in case you haven't done it lately, do a Windows
update as there are a few security updates MS recently made available
(and many more for XP).
73,
Barry W2UP
On 17 Jul 2004 John Fleming wrote:
> I think you should look for other problems. I have an old Gateway
> P166 with 48K RAM and Win98SE that can run WriteLog SO2R with lots of
> windows open, and DX Telnet. I can usually also do some email during
> a contest, but if I also have a browser open, sometimes something goes
> afoul after working for awhile. I have a new computer for me now, and
> the Gateway has moved down the line to my son. However, we still use
> it when networked for M2.
>
> I sure would NOT recommend a change to WIN95!! More RAM is always a
> great thing, but just know it might not solve yor problems.
>
> Good luck, 73 - John, WA9ALS (Maybe mobile for the NAQP...)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Douglass" <david.douglass@optusnet.com.au>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:12 AM
> Subject: [WriteLog] Writelog on old PC's
>
>
> > Another query...
> >
> > I've been trying to run writelog on an old Toshiba Satellite 440CDT
> (133mHz
> > processor with 32 meg Ram) under windows 98.
> >
> > I have writelog installed OK, but every now and then it just freezes
> > up,
> and
> > I have to reboot the computer to get things running again. At times
> > it can run for a few hours before locking, but other times it
> > happened every 10 minutes or so.
> >
> > Obviously writelog is pretty marginal under these operating
> > circumstances and I was wondering if one of the following could
> > help..
> >
> > 1. Remove Win98 and go to win95 ??
> > 2. Upgrade the Ram (I think you can upgrade these old machines to
> > 80meg or so)
> >
> > I do most of my op's from home with an XP machine, but was hoping to
> > use
> the
> > old laptop with writelog when travelling.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > David, VK2NU
> >
> >
> >
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