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Please pray tell what is wrong with my P90??!!
I paid $5500 for it in 1995 and a 17" screen AND 32 M RAM!!
It proved to be an excellent machine and my boat is moored to it at the
moment.
P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much
> Hi Larry,
>
> In fact I made some tests of performance on Penium 90 based machine
> (yes I found such a beast ;-)) I was testing 500 stocks database.
> And yes, AmiBroker was running still acceptable, but cruicial thing was
> memory - that machine had 128MB.
> You should be aware that Windows gets at least 3 times slower when
> it starts to swap out the memory to the disk.
>
> But.. for 10'000 stocks database it is suggested to have at least 400Mhz
machine.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> ===============
> AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> http://www.amibroker.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <acs64@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:20 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much
>
>
> > David and Tomasz,
> >
> > Thanks for the info. After nearly chucking my computer out the
> > window tonight, I've decided it's time to upgrade. I needed a good
> > excuse, and this is it. I couldnt even get into Yahoo earlier
> > tonight and system performance has been gradually bogging down. I
> > did run scan disk and defrag and things are looking much better now,
> > but.....I'd be embarrased to tell you what computer system I'm trying
> > to run Amibroker with. I'll get up into the 700 Mhz range and that
> > should take care of that problem (although I sure wont look forward
> > to transferring the entire hard drive over to a new computer).
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > --- In amibroker@xxxx, "David Holzgrefe" <dtholz@xxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi Larry for what its worth I'm running a P3 500 processor with
> > 256 mb of
> > > ram and it seems to cope fine I also have 2 hdd and back data up
> > onto the
> > > other incase of a failure I dont have to rebuild data bases
> > >
> > > Regards David
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:16 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Please read the http://www.amibroker.com/newsletter/03-2001.html
> > > > for the tips on managing large databases.
> > > >
> > > > Also buy more memory (RAM) for your system. It is really cheap
> > today
> > > > and having 256MB will give you much better performance.
> > > >
> > > > Also (if you want to spend some more bucks)
> > > > go for AMD Duron processor (800MHz for example). It is cheap and
> > > > very powerful. (Note that you will need Socket-A motherboard for
> > this
> > > processor)
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > > ===============
> > > > AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> > > > http://www.amibroker.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <acs64@xxxx>
> > > > To: <amibroker@xxxx>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 1:30 PM
> > > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks David, I'll give it a try tonight. I've got to re-
> > evaluate my
> > > > > system with respect to the database size. Both uploading speed
> > and
> > > > > processing speed. I'm pretty sure if I want to work with over
> > 9,000
> > > > > in a database, I'll need to have more horsepower.
> > > > >
> > > > > What would be the minimum recommendation for handling this size
> > of
> > > > > database in regards to transmission speed and processing speed.
> > > > > Anyone know?
> > > > >
> > > > > Larry
> > > > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, "David Holzgrefe" <dtholz@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Larry heres on I use just change the price range to suit
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /*pricerangefinder
> > > > > > David Holzgrefe
> > > > > > 24.02.2001*/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > lowprice = close>1.00; //low price
> > > > > > hiprice= close<5.50; // high price
> > > > > > hirange = lowprice <= hiprice;
> > > > > > lowrange = hiprice >= lowprice;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > buy = hirange and lowprice;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sell = 0;
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards David
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: <acs64@xxxx>
> > > > > > To: <amibroker@xxxx>
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:47 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: WOW....This may be TOO much
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Carlton,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can you give me an example of the filtering script you use?
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Larry
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, "Carlton McEachern"
> > > > > <carlton.mceachern@xxxx>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > I carry the entire Toronto and Vancouver Stock Exchange
> > list in
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > database.
> > > > > > > > I also carry a database of all mutual funds available in
> > Canada.
> > > > > > > Data
> > > > > > > > import used to be pretty slow but Thomaz fixed that early
> > on in
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > development of AmiBroker. One thing I do with analysis is
> > > > > filter
> > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > > equities not in my price range - ie I usually exclude
> > equities
> > > > > over
> > > > > > > $40 CAD
> > > > > > > > but I still want them in my database for the day I can
> > afford
> > > > > them
> > > > > > > in volume
> > > > > > > > (eternal optimist). I usually filter out equities under
> > $1.00
> > > > > as I
> > > > > > > am not
> > > > > > > > interested in the penney market but I still want them in
> > my
> > > > > > > database as
> > > > > > > > there are a lot of tech startups and biotechs in that
> > price
> > > > > range
> > > > > > > which may
> > > > > > > > be the next big thing. In short, I want a complete
> > database
> > > > > but I
> > > > > > > filter
> > > > > > > > out by price to suit my trading patterns. Filtering with
> > AFL is
> > > > > > > easy in the
> > > > > > > > analysis window using the < > functions. If you have the
> > hard
> > > > > > > drive space
> > > > > > > > and computing power you might want to consider doing the
> > same.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > THE CRAZY CANUCK
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > CARLTON McEACHERN
> > > > > > > > BOX 259, RR #1
> > > > > > > > ASTORVILLE, ONTARIO
> > > > > > > > P0H 1B0 CANADA
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > From: acs64@xxxx [mailto:acs64@x...]
> > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:18 PM
> > > > > > > > To: amibroker@xxxx
> > > > > > > > Subject: [amibroker] WOW....This may be TOO much
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hello All,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Now that I have this mega-database of over 9,000 stocks,
> > what
> > > > > do I
> > > > > > > do
> > > > > > > > with it? I'm thinking that daily updates with this size
> > of
> > > > > database
> > > > > > > > may be too time consuming. Historical updates sure have
> > taken
> > > > > some
> > > > > > > > time. Any suggestions out there for culling it back to a
> > more
> > > > > > > > manageable size and what a manageable size might be based
> > on
> > > > > your
> > > > > > > > experience?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'd like to keep key representatives from different
> > sectors and
> > > > > > > > industries maybe.....Is it possible to automate, with any
> > of
> > > > > Ami's
> > > > > > > > language, a means of keeping the best and dumping the
> > rest? I'm
> > > > > > > very
> > > > > > > > curious what others may have done or what their approach
> > to data
> > > > > > > > overload is. Thanks in advance.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Larry
> > > > > > > >
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