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Non-Tech : MB TRADING -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: wily who wrote (4427)	4/4/1999 12:14:00 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Respond to of 7382

wily, I have not had this problem, nor have I had any of the other problems described on this thread in the past week or two. I have been using RT3 for close to a year on a Dell 400 with 128 megs of ram and I am currently connected via 256k ADSL. One point that may be relevant is that I have not yet downloaded the most recent (so-called "beta") version of RT3. I am using the version just prior to that one. So maybe some people are having problems with the beta version. I want to encourage MBT users to join and participate in #mbtrading, the MBT chat room. This is the most effective way to get help with RT problems. The chat room is staffed full time (trading day only) by MBT tech specialists. There are also a dozen or more MBT customers who hang out there full time and help out with tech issues. Some of these users know more than the MBT guys and information is shared freely. Posting problems here and calling in to MBT may help you, but going in the chat room is the advanced approach. Hope you all get your glitches worked out. RT3 works very smoothly for me. Rick

To: wily who wrote (4427)	4/4/1999 12:16:00 PM
From: Mark Z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

How much video and 'main' RAM do you have on your machine? This sounds suspiciously like a problem w/video RAM. I experienced something comparable with another piece of software and that was the culprit. ALSO, RT does not 'behave well' i.e. there are certain Windows conventions that Microsoft 'recommends' that Townsend opted not to follow. As such, RT 'leaks' memory i.e. each time you shut down and restart RT, you lose some memory until you reboot (you can watch this happen if you open up SYSMON). I've experienced something similar to what you're describing but only after I've restarted RT a few times for whatever reasons ('no accts available', etc.). Then I have to reboot. Unrelated observation: I like to do research after market on Friday afternoon. I'm on the left coast so that's Friday eve. in Chicago. Starting about a month ago, Townsend takes RT down at that point and the system is unavailable.