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Re: Windows NT



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HeyPeter wrote:

> 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