[Amps] Alpha releases New Amp 9500

[David Kirkby]

Jan Erik Holm wrote:
> 
> Keith Dutson wrote:
> 
>>The issue for me is speed, not legacy.  RS-232 has become obsolete for
>>amateur radio.  Aleady my Orion requires way too much time to upgrade the
>>software.
>>
> 
> How long does it take?

And furthermore how often does one need to update the software? If it 
takes 15 minutes (which I doubt) and new software releases are released 
every month (which I doubt), it is not really a problem? Just set it 
running, have a coffee and come back to it.

I use a Texas Instruments DSP card which uses RS-232 to download the 
programs. When developing on that, it is a real pain, as one tends to 
re-write the code every few minutes and the 40s or so it takes to 
download is a pain.

But on something where you update the software someone else has written 
on an infrequent basis, a few minutes to upload software every now and 
then is not a big deal (well to me anyway).

-- 
David Kirkby,
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