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Hi 

How much RAM are you using with NT pl?  I am thinking about buying a 3rd
computer to run just TS as well.

Thanks in advance

Peter

Richard Josslin wrote:
> 
> Dear Randy,
> 
> There was a stream of comments on the Omega list about a month ago re
> running TS on NT.
> 
> I recently got a third computer, a P233, on which I installed NT 4.0
> Workstation (which I bought off the Internet for around $79).  TS ver 18
> installed seamlessly and runs flawlessly on it.  I recommend the
> combination, as did all the others who commented about it.
> 
> One proviso, however, is that like many others, I don't install or run any
> other application program in any computer that runs TS --- in other words,
> that computer is dedicated solely to TS (and the Internet).  That, perhaps
> more than anything else, seems to have cleared up what recurrent operating
> problems I have experienced with TS, such as random crashes.
> 
> One detriment to using NT, as opposed to Win98, is that with NT one must use
> a multiple-monitor card in order to use more than one monitor
> simultaneously.  This disadvantage can be alleviated somewhat by using one
> large monitor, such as a 21" one, instead of multiple smaller monitors.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Richard Josslin
> 
> jrehler@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I'm going to buy a new computer soon and I'm considering running Windows
> > NT since it appears that Windows 98 will be the last release of that
> > type of Windows and MS will be moving everyone to NT lite after that.
> >
> > Anybody have comments on NT and running TradeStation under that OS?
> >
> > Another idea is to run Linux and run a Windows emulator for running
> > TradeStation. Anybody running Linux? With TradeStation?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Randy