Re: [NTLK] Connecting eMate to Windows

On 10/30/06, Aaron <a.cronk@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone have any ideas?

Hi Aaron,

I'm not sure what the deal is with connectivity 100% with your eMate
300 is to you XP box.
I've not see the Wikkiwikki yet on this topic nor have I heard of
details which might help users at this point other than the standard,
'if you're on a PC you need to run slowdown.exe' so that ti will
connect...

I'm going to say first off that my explanation is specific to my setup
and I will detail it as well as I can and with what I think is
pertinent. Second I've also noticed IF you are using items that are
resource & processor hogs you sometimes don't have to use slowdown
because those apps have caused considerable load to you PC and it will
just work.

With that said here goes (and I hope this may help!)

PC Setup - Dell GX240 running Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 4. It's got a P4 CPU at 1500mHz with 256MB of Ram. I've got a
crap load of items in the back ground at times but for this example I
wont' detail that (enough that you know there is and it ill differ on
your system with whatever you have installed that runs in the
background.

To start off I went to the taskmanager to see what was running and
then checked the CPU usage. I know that my system works even for
loading crazy large files (at least up to 1.5MB or 2MB that I've
tested such as Lexionary). The CPU usage is basically just System Idle
stabilized at 97%-98% for the most part.

I use two (2) slowdown.exe to have a stable setup. I set both
slowdown.exe's to two notches from the left side for Speed & Reaction.
When one checks the CPU usage in taskmanager it reflects 33% and 34%
respectively for each instance of slowdown.exe.

I start NCU which reflects 0% CPU Usage.

Unfortunately I can't find my Newton which is frustrating.. my brain
has been toast for awhile... maybe I will find it soon to complete the
rest of this tutorial... but suffice to say that this setup works
fine.

From what I can gather I would guess to say that since my Processor is
1500mHz and the CPU usage is around 66%-67%, then my approx. speed of
my system is running around 500mHz...

I think this might be more useful of instruction since everyone has a
different setup. Hopefully others on list can do something similar and
respond back with an approx speed of their system after slowdown.exe
is run which is a functional configuration. With this we might be able
to help others navigate this connection issue with a lot less bumps in
their path...

Aaron, give it a go...
Anyone else want to inform us what your specs are and what the CPU
usage is with slowdown.exe is and what your approx. processor speed is
afterwards.

I hope I've put something new on the table. I don't recall anyone
suggesting anything else other than running (multiple) instances of
slwodown.exe and suggesting people just adjust it till it works...

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God bless,
Sonny Hung
the Hung Family
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