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Another trick to stop the hard drive from spinning constantly is to shut off
the news in the bmi manager. (can't get the default to stay off though)
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. Roeske <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: John Corrion <corrion@xxxxxxxx>; omega-list <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>;
Omega Research <TechSupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Melody Blais
<Melody.Blais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Out of Memory with TS2000
>My hardware configuration is similar to yours and I have been able to run
>multiple software packages simultaneously. Just to test the hardware and
>software limitations, these were running today on one machine. TS2K,
>MetaStockPro, FibonacciTrader, MyTrack, AIQPro, OutlookExpress and IE4.0.
>Getting to this point was not without a week of hair pulling and gnashing
of
>teeth. One trick was to get the BMI datamanager configured correctly(see
>omega faq from Melody and at the website) so it did not burn up disk access
>time. Another was to defrag the disk(should have done that before the TS2K
>install). Another is to keep the dram defragged with MemTurbo. This is a
>great tool for TS4 also since it is a selector hog and doesn't release
>resources either. Another was to start with a couple of dozen index
symbols
>and the OEX(OEY) option chain rather than download a plethora of historical
>data. Now that there are a few days of realtime data in TS2K I am
>cautiously inserting indicators and systems. MSPro has three charts,
>FiboTrader has a dozen, TS2K only two at this point. Next step will be to
>import historical data and add more charts and indicators to TS2K. No
doubt
>the machine will come to its knees shortly and some applications will have
>to be reduced or relegated to another machine. There is also a Lynksys
>EtherFast 100BaseTx between the 400mhz and the 133pentium that I will try
to
>transfer the data over from TS4 to TS2K(sounds like a step backwards). The
>need to use CtrlAltDel seems to have gone away as TS2 and Win98 have formed
>some kind of truce. Start up sequence seems to be important.
>Start/Programs/OmegaProsuite should be configured to start the BMI data
>manager(MktCenter is not needed). If the BMI data manager is mistakenly
>started first and then TS2K the BMIDM reverted back to MktCenter settings
>and the hard disk was back to running the indy 500 with no pit stops. If
>things are configured right, memory isn't exhausted and the HD runs like it
>should. Am still fearfull of using the HistoryBankCD or HB.com as that was
>a major sore point a week ago. Haven't revisited that yet. Omega is
having
>one of their seminars in PalmSprings this Sunday and I am really curious to
>see if they bring a machine or just slides. I would really like to see a
>fully operational TS2K with many workspaces, charts, indicators, systems,
>hint, hint. Make me a believer with OptionStation and RadarScreen, Omega
>are you listening?
>
>BobRoeske
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Corrion <corrion@xxxxxxxx>
>To: omega-list <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Omega Research
><TechSupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Melody Blais <Melody.Blais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 7:34 PM
>Subject: Out of Memory with TS2000
>
>
>>Hi Guys,
>>
>>Me too. I am running out of memory with only 2 of the 40 charts that I
>>still keep in TS4. Further TS2000 does not release the memory or system
>>resources when I get out but I am unfortunately using the
>>cntl-alt-delete-end task exit method without choice.
>>
>>I am using a 400 mhz PII with 128 meg ram and over 11 gigs of hard disk
>>open. Norton Sys Info reports 2,034 Meg of system memory available with
>>37.4 meg used. Despite this I get out of system resources error
>>messages from Win98 as a result of using TS2000. I have to restart
>>Win98 to run another program.
>>
>>I was running all 40 charts in TS4 with 64 meg ram while simultaneously
>>running Excel and Netscape 4.5 without incident. With TS2000, I have
>>had to restart my computer 3 times tonight.
>>
>>I hope that the Omega service release fixes these problems. There is no
>>way that I can transition to TS2000 with these problems.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>
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