[Xastir-dev] Risky Business: Try out the new wx alert code

Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo.com
Wed Jan 26 13:19:45 EST 2005


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, David Flood wrote:

> I'd love to cvs update but someone must have released a major update or
> something since sourceforge is refusing connections due to load.
>
> Once I do get it, I'll see if it helps when using this setup:
>
> Dial-up connection to Firenet -> Xastir on Suse -> server port -> Xastir on
> Windows
>
> Last time I tried that so I could look at the east coast alerts and play
> with Cgywin, the Windows copy kept dropping the connection to the Suse one
> every time a weather alert came through.

Might still do that if Windows/Cygwin is too slow at drawing.

I can't get the full firenet feed on my dialup anymore at home, as
it fills the pipe and then keeps dropping the connection.  Of course
going through 8 miles of phone line doesn't mean I have the fastest
connection either.  I'm still waiting for that 10-mile range DSL
technology to be invented.

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