OK now I guess I need to throw in my 2 cents....
Wow, you guys sure do have to reboot a lot....
I have been through every version of DOS & Windows... I like 98se the best
but my OS glitches (that require reboot) only occur maybe once or twice a
month at most (but more like once every three months)... When it does
happen, I find the problem is usually with software conflicts (usually with
norton anti virus and something new installed) and not with Win98se
itself...
I have never had to reboot my Orion yet... Of course I am more of a casual
user although I do use every mode but seldom use the sweep...
Interesting thread though....
Tom NJ1K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: TenTec Digest, Vol 18, Issue 61
> AA6E wrote:
> >It's a fair bet that most of those XP updates had to do with Internet
> vulnerabilities rather than normal user interaction. XP is also 1000's of
> times more complicated than Orion's SW.
>
> You missed my point which had nothing to do with the reason for
the
> updates. My point was that I've updated the supposedly bulletproof XP
> 119 times since getting it 1.5 years ago, which has NOT particularly
> concerned me, nor has updating Orion 14 times since receiving it August
21.
> I get the impression some feel Orion should not have required any updates
> (i.e. like hard-wired firmware in older radios).
>
> Of course I still average about one IE crash per day using XP
(along
> with the optional error message to MS) which shuts down all open IE
windows
> and requires re-opening IE. Granted, this is better than re-booting the
> entire Win98 OS but it is still far from OS perfection. To me, the crash
> annoyance factor is directly related to re-boot time:
>
> Orion - 12 seconds (I just measured it)
> Alpha Amp - 90 seconds (8874 warm-up)
> Amp Supply Amp - 180 seconds (3CX800A warm-up)
> Win98 - 180 seconds (?) not including reboot to native DOS when using
CT-DOS.
> WinXP/IE - 10 seconds to re-open IE (longer counting MS error
notification)
>
> Rebooting Orion is less annoying to me than having to re-open IE under
XP...
> still an annoyance but not a big deal, especially given the relatively
lower
> frequency it occurs with Orion than XP/IE. Rebooting my amps or
Win98/CT-DOS
> is MUCH more annoying to me. BTW, the last Orion crash I had was January
31.
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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