[Lowfer] WSPR overload

[pbunn at patbunn.com]

Doug

I am probably older than you but I started in the early 80s building S-100 
bus boxes. DOS was the Operating System and it was fast. Later Microsoft 
came in and with cheap memory threw out all the rules for compact efficient 
code and the monster continues to grow as fast as the memories can get 
denser. We had some nice expensive machines based on those old boxes.


I'm too cheap to fork over 150 bucks for the software. I used to have an IT 
guy that got me much dubious software for home use. We ended up firing him 
after we found out he stole a $35,000 tractor and suspected him of an inside 
job where someone stole 5 work stations one night. I t cost me a bunch of 
money to undue some of the pirate stuff we found out he had done at the 
business, so I swore off illegal software even for home use.

I tried LINUX a couple of years ago, but I was too lazy to take time to 
learn all the jargon. I probably ought to try again.


Pat
N4LTA


-----Original Message----- 
From: Douglas D. Williams
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 10:45 PM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WSPR overload

"Best to build your own."

Yes, it is. I've been doing it since the late 1980s.

Here, I'll start you off with my favorite case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811129021&gclid=CPWh1ZrborUCFQ45nAod5DAA8A


Just buy the components and put them together. It really isn't hard at all.

I like ASUS motherboards. Should be able to find plenty that have PCI slots.

Couple more points: Get a good, modular power supply. Buy as much RAM as
you can afford.

Windows 8 sucks. Windows 7 for the win.

73, Doug KB4OER




On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX
<dexter.mc at gmail.com>wrote:

> jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Newer machines don't have PCI slots? Shows how out of touch I am.
>>
>>  You gotta be careful buying computers now.  Yes some have no PCI slots.
>  Most of the big names, Dell included, have the mother boards made to 
> their
> specifications.  Some boards aren't upgradeable.  What you buy is all you
> get.  Best to build you own.
> Dex
>
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