I agree with most of this. One upshot is that if they get features
working on O I, they should work even better on O II, because the
faster processor gives more "headroom" for processes to run. On the
other hand, TT may be tempted to implement new fancy features that
will run on O II but not on O I, because of limited CPU resources, and
the firmware may diverge for the two radios, with O I getting more and
more orphaned.
One thing I would look for in the O II color display is how they
implement it. Does it have enough resolution to offer pleasing
antialiased fonts like your PC does? Will they use colors in an
intelligent way to group functions and indicate status? I can imagine
some unpleasant color renditions of the O I display. Remember the old
CGA 8-color graphics? (They wouldn't, would they? :-) I'd like to
see a screen shot.
73 Martin AA6E
On 7/25/05, Williams, Barry <Bnwilliams@varco.com> wrote:
> We need to remember that this is a faster processor, not a totally different
> one. It is more like getting a 3.4 gigahertz Pentium to replace a 1.7
> gigahertz one. The software should be interchangeable with the exception of
> the "drivers" for the sections of hardware that have been replaced. The
> Orion V2 software will be different between the original and the new versions
> only in the software modules that have changed such as the color screen vs.
> monochrome. In addition the change in filter setup will have different
> module for selecting filters. You may not see a lot of work on the
> monochrome display module, but most of the other modules will not change
> between the two sets, improvements in the O2 will probably be good for either
> the original or new Orion.
>
> My penny's worth.
>
> Barry
>
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