[linrad] Is RedHat 4.1 too old :)

2006-03-15 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
Hi All, I can't resist responding to Is RedHat 4.1 too old. I am typing this message on a 486 running RedHat 4.0 - kernel was compiled over 10 years ago ! Long live Linux. Now about Windoze I bet NO ONE is running a copy of windoze anywhere near that old :) warm

[linrad] Latest Knoppix is 5.0.1

2006-06-07 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
Hi All, Just loaded Knoppix 5.0.1. Much smoother than older versions. Haven't tried linrad yet, but several other difficult programs just ran. Like Microchip compiler student version under Wine, and Xilinx ISE, linux web version. Looks like Klaus has really done it this time. There

[linrad] Re: Sampling speed.

2006-12-18 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
and cheaper to have the audio chip provide anti-aliasing than to build multipole L-C filters!! Thus my comment about ISA cards being useful because they have the filters built into the chip! Happy holidays to all, john On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Alberto di Bene wrote: John Harrison, NI1B wrote

[linrad] Re: Bugs?

2007-02-25 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
Hi, I haven't tested it extensively. But I did download, compile and run it on knoppix 3.6. The X windows version worked almost without any hitches :) Nice. The only bug I noticed was when I shrink the fft3 bandwidth to a very small value, I sometimes get a seg. fault? This is an old

[linrad] Re: Increased CPU usage

2007-04-08 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
Hi all, My experience with the OS telling me what the OS is doing is not good. Of course there are 'reasons' for whatever OS behaviour! But generally OS numbers about OS usage are in my experience, total garbage. I find it better to put a bit out to the parallel port and measure what is

[linrad] Re: MAP65 progress

2007-09-26 Thread John Harrison, NI1B
Hi Alex and all, You ask about Linux I 'converted' to 100% linux many years ago now. The basic advantage I see is that once I get something working it stays working. With windows each new version meant I had to learn lots of stuff all over again. With Linux most commands are the