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[TenTec] Pegasus Software/PcPakRatt Version 1.0/NT 4.0 Performance

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Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus Software/PcPakRatt Version 1.0/NT 4.0 Performance
From: SteveBaron@starlinx.com (Steve Baron)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:52:39 +0100
Karl,

Are both/each program(s) 16 bit ?  32 bit ?

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From: Karl Heimbach <heimbachk@mindspring.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
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Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 1:29 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus Software/PcPakRatt Version 1.0/NT 4.0 Performance


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>Gang,
>
>Is anyone else running the above combination?  I've observed some rather
>bizarre occurrences with the Pegasus software since installing PcPakRatt.
>
>I 've been running the Pegasus software on an AMD 450 MHz chip under NT
>Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 5, for a couple of weeks without incident.
>After installing the AEA software and connecting a PK-232MBX to second com
>port, I've had difficulty with both pieces of interface software.
>Incidentally, once both programs were installed, some of the below problems
>occur without running both applications simultaneously.
>
> Specifically:
>
>Pegasus Version 1.56
>
>a)    Program runs slower in general.
>b)    Virtual tuning knob is slow to respond to the mouse.
>c)    On one occasion, no communications could be established between the
PC
>and the transceiver.  Reinstalled the software three different times,
>checked registry, etc. without any improvement.  Finally had to reflash the
>Pegasus firmware to get everything working again.
>d)    Frequencies stuffed into memories are sometimes forgotten.
>
>PcPakRatt Version 1.0
>
>a)    Program runs slower.
>b)    PC loses communications with the PK-232MBX.
>c)    Delays in PACTOR function keys (haven't tried any of the other
>modules).
>d)    Intermittent transmit.
>
>There is an obvious interference between the com ports and suspect that
>PcPakRatt is the offender.  What is strange, however, is that once
PcPakRatt
>was installed, the Pegasus problems sometimes occur even with the PK-232MBX
>disconnected from the computer and PcPakRatt removed from the system.
>(Suspect that PcPakRatt does not clean up after itself when uninstalled!)
>
>Karl - W5QJ
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