Subj : BinkD
To   : Roger Nelson
From : Joe Delahaye
Date : Sun Sep 25 2016 04:29 pm

  Re: BinkD
  By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sun Sep 25 2016 12:20:44

 RN>>> Thanks. Mine is an Intel dual-core processor. Joe's may be 
 RN>>> quad-core, but I don't think that would make a difference. He'll 
 RN>>> still have to shut down all but one.

 JD>>> Seems that the BBS computer is a single core.  AM2+ or AM3.  Too
 JD>>> long ago to remember  Device Manager tells me it's an AMD K8 Athlon
 JD>>> 64 processor 3500+ 

 JD>>> So, I guess shutting down any processors is out of the question <G>

 RN>> I don't know about the processors in all of the machines you have,
 RN>> but I was referring to the later models you use.

 JD>> Well, I could in THIS computer.   Just not on the BBS machine where
 JD>> Binkd runs <G>

 RN> If BinkD runs only on your BBS machine and that machine has a single
 RN> processor, 
 RN> meaning not dual- or quad-core, then something else is wrong on both our
 RN> systems. For the time being, we <cough> could call it The Ghost in the
 RN> Machine. That said, I made the change and have noticed no sleepiness on
 RN> the part of D'Bridge or BinkD. Time marches on.


Yep.  It does not happen often, but it does happen
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