Re: [PCR-1000] Re: Just say NO to Radiocom

From: Brian Winter (brian@dbstart.co.uk)
Date: Sat Mar 22 2003 - 03:56:18 EST


check

main menu/file/options/program/hog processor (recommended for speed)

this defaults checked ("on") i believe
bw

----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Flem" <nt1g@attbi.com>
To: <pcr-1000@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] Re: Just say NO to Radiocom

> Simple 4 channel scanning uses between 65 and 70%. (I exaggerated,
previously).
> It knocks Seti@home down to 28%, with Task Manager using 2%.
> I did a screengrab, no doubt about the numbers. Seti@home almost always
sits
> at 98%, with taskmanager using the other 2%.
> Spectrum Analyze mode only uses 55%.
> Hmmm. Scanning rates are 100 msec.
> There just seems to be an awful lot going on for the amount of work being
> done...
> Skip
>
> At 10:08 PM 3/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >I am using TalkPCR on a Pentium 90 and while it takes a few more seconds
to
> >load than on my main machine(1Ghz) it is still capable of working fine.
Only
> >16 Mb of RAM as well!and a few small proggies running in the background.
So
> >I think you have something wrong somewhere!!!!! Check out task manager if
> >you are running windows XP or 2000 and look for other processes and check
> >your COM port settings as well
> >
> >Dave Stewart
> >
> >
> >
> > > At 14:54 2003-03-21 -0500, Skip Flem wrote:
> > >
> > > > I love TalkPCR, (although is grabs 95% of my 2.53 Ghz P4 while
> > > > scanning), it's
> > > >registration policies, and it's stability.
> > >
> > > Eating CPU like that sounds a little strange to me. TalkPCR ver 2.8B5
on
> >my
> > > 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon with Win NT4 never takes more than 38%, even if
> > > remaining CPU capacity just is left to the null process. Process
priority
> > > is "Normal". What OS and priority are you using?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > /Patrik
> > >
> > >
> >
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