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On 15-Jun-06 at 20:09 kd4ukh wrote:
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\n>There is software available on the internet that will allow you to
\n>slow the processor as much as needed. The one I am familiar with is
\n>called Mo'Slo. It will slow the processor down in 1% increments to
\n>as low as 1% of normal. Some of it is freeware, some is shareware.
\n>Try this out if you need it.
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\n\tActually, MoSlo, and similar packages, are a waste of time and money for Motorola radio service software. I learned this through bitter experience.
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\n\tThe real problem, as it turns out, is not so much the CPU speed as it is the L1 cache present in the 386DX and later CPUs. What happens is that most of the older Motorola RSS packages expect their code to execute in a very strict sequence. The cache present in the aforementioned CPUs interferes with that sequence, which is why you get odd crashes and errors trying to run something like, say, Syntor X9000 RSS on anything other than an old system.
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\n\tOne workaround can be found by Googling for 'cacheoff.com' and 'cacheon.com.' The search should, with some poking, direct you to instructions for using the old DOS program 'debug' (present in all versions of MS-DOS and PC-DOS, at least) to write a tiny bit of code which, when called as an executable file, will turn the CPU's internal cache on or off on demand.
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\n\tBefore executing the old RSS, simply run 'cacheoff.' You will notice a speed reduction after you do this. When done, simply run 'cacheon' to bring things back to normal.
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\n\tKeep in mind that this may not work with all types of systems. I would not, for example, want to trust it on a Pentium class chip.
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\n\tHappy tweaking.