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size=2>Hmmm... I take it you're running Win 98 or ME? Therein lies
your problem.
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I have
stayed away from Win 98 like the plague, so can't help you very much. I'm
sure if you do a Google search you can find some sites about freeing Win98
system resources.
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The
best advice I have for you is to dump Win98 and upgrade to Win2000 or
WinXP. Win95/98/ME are all disastrous operating systems, and I would
never entrust my trading to any of them. I design software for a living,
and I can't tell you how much time we've wasted fixing problems that occur under
Win98, where the same exact function works just fine under NT, 2000, or
XP. We now require our customers to use a real operating system (i.e. 2000
or XP) if they want support.
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When
Bill Gates spoke at the product introduction of Win XP, he actually publicly
apologized for the ongoing stability problems of 95/98/ME. That should
tell you something...
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<SPAN
class=152184221-25112002> -----Original Message-----From:
Sean Cassidy [mailto:scassidy@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, November 25,
2002 12:24 PMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re:
[RT] TS 2000i ....slow data
Ok i think I found the problem.....I only have
14% of resources free, so how do I fix?
Thnaks for all the help.
SMC
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<A title=DavidRNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:DavidRNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>Merlin_Turtle
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:06
PM
Subject: RE: [RT] TS 2000i ....slow
data
<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sean,
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As
a programmer, it tells me that the indicator has been coded
inefficiently. Without seeing the code, I can't be more specific, but
there are some standard mistakes I see over and over again leading to
inefficient EasyLanguage code. For example, very often I see code
where some particular calculation is repeated over and over again with
the same parameters, instead of calling the function once, storing the
result in a variable, and then referencing the stored value as
necessary.
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>High-level languages like C++ or Delphi have "optimizing compilers"
that will automatically analyze the code and find the most efficient way to
implement it. TS does no optimization by itself. So it's up to
the programmer to think through what the code is doing and find the most
efficient way to get it done. Doing this well can make a huge
difference in the ability to actually run an indicator in real time.
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If
you're willing to share the code with the group, I and others can take a
look at it and make suggestions. If not, you either need to learn how
to do this kind of optimization yourself, or find someone who will do it for
you. I agree that your computer should be more than adequate to run
virtually any indicator if it's efficiently programmed, and throwing more
hardware at the problem is not the best way to solve it.
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Wait - there's one other possibility. What is the CPU usage on
your machine (Task Manager in Win NT/2000/XP) when *nothing* is
running? You may have some other process running on your machine that
is eating up all your processing cycles. For example, I've seen old
DOS programs running under Windows that will do an infinite loop while
waiting for a keystroke. They "eat" the entire CPU in the process,
slowing down all other running applications enormously. When there is
no other activity, your CPU usage should show as close to 0% - if it's still
high, then that's the source of your problem.
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> Merlin
<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Sean Cassidy
[mailto:scassidy@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002
11:38 AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re:
[RT] TS 2000i ....slow data
so that tells you....even if i have it turned
off, that this program is too much for my pc?.....the no indicator set to
every tick function?
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<A title=prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>M. Simms
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002
1:12 PM
Subject: RE: [RT] TS 2000i ....slow
data
Wait a
minute...I am running with a cheap, old AMD 800 mhz
processor......quote.com emulator, e-mini (NQ 1min, 15 min; ES 3 min, 15
min, and 100 other symbols in real time. 3 workspaces, about 50
indicators and systems, etc. in total are
running.
OK, today
is a slow day, but the Task Manager stats are:
AVG CPU
USAGE: 5%
PEAK CPU
USAGE: 15%
MEM
USAGE: 150MB
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Key fact:
NO INDICATORS SET TO "UPDATE EVERY TICK". <SPAN
class=340530618-25112002>For that "feature",
then YES, you will need to upgrade.
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<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Ray Raffurty
[mailto:r.raffurty@xxxxxxxx]Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002
11:33 AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject:
Re: [RT] TS 2000i ....slow data
Upgrade that
turkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<A
href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=s450-3022&SRCCODE=WEM378Z";>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=s450-3022&SRCCODE=WEM378Z
Here is a link to a computer using an AMD
XP-2000 (1.66 GHz actual clock speed) processor for
$260.00. This is a "bare bones kit" which means that it does not
include drives ( hard, floppy, CD or DVD). You simply unplug
your existing drives and install them in your new computer (not hard
to do). It also does not include Video card or modem. The
modem you have is probably fine unless it is very old, however the
video card is probably junk unless you have recently up-graded
it. You need at least a 64 Mg. card ($49.95) for graphic
applications such as charting. It includes 124 MB DDR memory and
is upgradeable to 3 GB!!!! An additional 256 MB of memory
is $70.00. <A
href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=tc1-ddr-256";>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=tc1-ddr-256
You can add 2 of these if you wish or go to 512 MB for $173 each <A
href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?sku=K43-1904";>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?sku=K43-1904 and
keep an open slot for future addition.
The advantage of a "bare bones
kit", besides the low price, is that since you are keeping your
existing hard drive the new computer will immediately have all your
programs, files, old e-mails, links, shortcuts, in other words
everything, loaded. The disadvantage is you will need to
plan to have a weekend available to swap the drives. It will
probably take less time but allow 2 days just in case.
Back up everything. You should not
have any problems but if an accident occurs (drop the hard drive and
it's a door stop) it is better to be safe.
Now you just have to convince the wife
you REALLY need a new computer instead of that gold necklace. One
bad trade because of a slow (or frozen) computer will cost you more
than the $400.00 spent to upgrade.
Good luck and good trading,
Ray Raffurty
P.S. I have no association with
Tiger Direct except as a customer. Also they have other kits and
complete computers that might suite you better so check out the web
site.
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From:
Sean
Cassidy
To: <A
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002
10:37 AM
Subject: [RT] TS 2000i ....slow
data
I am using TS 2000i on a Pentium 700
machine on a chart with a fairly big and complicated els file that
is good at identifying trends. The size of the file seems to slow
down the drawing of the chart. The chart is usually a few minutes
behind the actual price. I know it is the els file that is slowing
it down because a blank chart seems to work fine. I recently
upgraded from 240 to 640 mbs of memory and that did seem to help,
but only a little. A friend has the same study on a machine with
less memory and it seems to work Ok. Its too bad because the
siftware has been very helpful.
Any suggestions?
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