[DXBase] Windows ME/AMD Anthlon 1600XP

[Jack]

Dave,

The issue you mention is one that was corrected in the patch that is on our
web site.  If you select the Help/About menu item, you should see version
1.01 if you have the patch loaded.

Regards,
Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Blake" <dblake1@columbus.rr.com>
To: <dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: [DXBase] Windows ME/AMD Anthlon 1600XP


> Fellow DxBase Users
>
> I have successfully installed DxBase 2002 on a new computer an
> AMD Athlon 1600XP with 512 meg of memory.  It really runs great
> compared to how it ran on my Pentium II 350MHz, but I have noticed
> one problem.  On the new computer my operating system is Windows ME
> and on the Pentium I am running Windows 98 SE.
>
> To encounter this problem you must have a band country total that
> exceeds 2000.  I don't consider myself a big gun,   just little pistol
> that has been chasing DX for almost half a century.  I have received
> the ARRL "Challenge" plaque and chase band countries.  My current
> band country total is nearly 2200 if I include 30 meters.
>
> Here is the anomaly using the new computer, it runs without error on
> the Pentium II.   If I want to see my current band country total I click
on
> Output\Awards\DXCC and place a check in all bands 160 - 6
> meters.  I then click on "Compute".    As soon as the total reaches
> 2000 DxBase stops incrementing the "Number Entries" total and also
> stops incrementing the individual bands.  This only happens on the new
> computer.
>
> I can work around the problem simply by only running bands who's total
> doesn't exceed 2000 and them running it again on the remaining bands
> and adding the two.  I do think there is a problem and do hope for
> resolution.
>
> 73
> Dave -N4DB-
>
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