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Jim,
Can u provide me with more information on the Turbo960 serial port, so I can
look up the specs on it.
Thxs
jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Osborn" <jimo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: TS4 I/O buffer buildup
> "Jim Erven" <ervenj@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> >So what are we saying here, a higher speed serail post with more
> >buffer might help, definitely solve this, or try it and see (lol)?
> >
> >Kinda frustrating sorting this all out, thot the P3-850 CPU wud do the
> >trick. I am only collecting the e-mini, naz mini, and 12 indexes, no
stocks.
> >But guess the serial port still has to read the whole data stream to
strip
> >out my symbols, then chart them with all the studies.
>
> Yep, it doesn't matter that you're only collecting a few symbols;
> the BMI box throws the entire feed at your computer, and the TS
> server has to sift out what you're interested in. A buffer card
> of some sort has always been considered mandatory with BMI, My
> trusty old 486 did fine with the classic TPort (r.i.p) under Win3.1.
> Win32, of course, is another matter, much slower "os."
>
> The current favorite seems to be the Turbo960, I believe.
> You need space to hold the output of the hose, until TS can
> consume it. It may not solve your problem, but you probably
> won't solve your problem without it. Even with a fancy CPU,
> you don't want it just servicing an I/O stream.
>
> Also, make sure your BMI box isn't permissioned for things
> you don't want. I used to often find they'd turned on this
> or that free service. At least you can filter out that portion
> of the feed at the box.
>
> Jim
>
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