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I too am curious about MT's setup and his plans for the future.
FYI, I'm running a 200mmx with 64MB RAM, Win95, TS4 and BMI sat. I have the
standard issue UART16550. I track over 1,300 symbols, mainly stocks but
also currency and index futures.
On a typical day, I'd have about 10 workspaces opened, each with 4 charts,
weekly, daily, 60 min and 10 min. During market hours, I'd also have
Outlook Express running, Internet Explorer to check financial sites (some of
which are pretty graphic intensive) and the odd Office app to boot.
On a slow market day, I'd even grab video clips off Usenet and view them!
Admittedly I rarely trade intraday so I never bothered to know the exact
tick counts for symbols but so far, I am not aware of major data loss.
All good things must come to an end however. I got wind of BMI's plan to
eventually drop sat transmission and switch everyone over to Esignal.
That's when I started subscribing to this list......in the hopes of finding
an alternative for the future.
Imagine my surprise with:
1. The TS2000 mess, and
2. The hardware setup some list members are suggesting and/or using.
I am now more confused than before <G>.
It doesn't seem like TS2000 is something for me since I only use TS for
charting. OTOH, my cable connection is not reliable enough to be my sole
data source for something like Dynastore.
Most of all, I realize how lucky I was with TS4. I know I didn't do
anything special. Yet this setup has served me well for over 5 years.
Did I just get lucky....... or what?
-----Original Message-----
From: BobR <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: DTN- best thing since sliced bread
>What is even more surprising about MT's setup is his processor, ram, hard
>disk. I'll let him shock you with the surprise if he wants to. Perhaps
>there is something about the way his receiver is profiled or his vintage of
>motherboard. It could also be that BMI has dropped enough other symbols
>that the counts are now better than they were a few months to a year back.
>All I can say is if I could get the counts he does on BMI, I would pay DTN
>to take my dish and receiver back and steal someone's BMI system. I know,
>this sounds extreme but the lack of the separate issue and volume
statistics
>will be why I do not renew the lease at the end of the year. After all the
>discouraging email I received from others who had discussed this same issue
>in years past with DTN, I don't have much expectation that DTN and Omega
>software will be a complete solution within a year.
>
>According to the http://www.dynastorelight.com there is a combination of
>TS4/Dynastorelight/UMDS/DTN but the breadth information would still not be
>accessable.
>
>BobR
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <multitrak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 6:48 PM
>Subject: Re: DTN- best thing since sliced bread
>
>
>> My reason biggest problem for avoiding DTN is because they don't have 24
>hr
>> symbols for SP, ND, or JY. And they don't have separate volume
>statistics.
>> And you can't split the feed from the receiver to multiple computers (but
>> cheap enough to run mutiple subs). And you can't run it into TS4.
>>
>> These are the main reasons I stick with BMI and TS4 for trading futures
>> alone. If/when I ever trade stocks or options again, I'll have to get an
>> additional feed (I'm leaning toward Comstock). Also BobR and I determined
>> that my BMI at / TS4 / Win95&WFW3.11 / UART16550 setup gets more ES ticks
>> and is just as fast as DTN.
>>
>> MT
>>
>> At 08:25 PM 7/19/00 EDT, SAGEL5@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> >If dtn is the best thing since sliced bread with reasonable costs,
>> >"unlimited"
>> >symbols in realtime thru TS2000, the fastest speed, and the most
>reliable;
>> >1)Why isn't everyone using it?
>>
>>
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