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Re: [TenTec] Legacy port elimination plan

To: Steve Baron - KB3MM <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Legacy port elimination plan
From: Paul Henning <paul@amtelco.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:06:33 -0500
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Intel

Paul N. Henning
K9PH
Director of Research and Development
Amtelco
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McFarland, Wisconsin 53558
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paul@amtelco.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Baron - KB3MM [mailto:SteveBaron@StarLinX.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:17 PM
To: n9vv@sbcglobal.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Legacy port elimination plan

Who started it?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken N9VV" <n9vv@sbcglobal.net>
To: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 00:24
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Legacy port elimination plan


> Have you seen the initiative to eliminate RS232 along with 
> other "legacy ports"? it seems to have started in 1999.
> Many vendors have joined the taskforce and implemented the 
> specification. Most new laptops have no serial port at all.
> 
> http://www.bb-elec.com/tech_articles/diappearing_com_ports.asp
> and
> http://developer.intel.com/technology/easeofuse/technotes/spec.htm
> and
> ftp://download.intel.com/technology/easeofuse/LPC_mod_spec72.pdf
> 
> Among the SDR-1000 community they have eliminated dependency 
>   on the parallel port with a USB to parallel interface. The 
> dependency on Serial comm has been programmed into a 
> Virtual-Com-Port (for digi programs for example) by Phil N8VB.
> 
> de Ken N9VV
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