[RTTY] Re: P38 card

[Bill Henry]

In regard to the discussion about the HAL P-38 and PCI-4000 modems, I feel 
that I need to clarify a couple of things.

First, the P-38 modem is NOT necessarily discontinued.  Because the "new 
wave" in PC's is to delete the ISA plug-in slot (as well as PCI plug-in 
capability), it is quite probable that plug-in card compatible PC hardware 
will soon not be available.  Also, the latest versions of Windows do not 
support direct communications with ISA I/O plug-in cards.  For these 
reasons, HAL does not recommend choice of the P-38 or the PCI-4000 modems 
for use in new system design.  We strongly recommend that new designs and 
installations use the DXP-38, DSP-4100, or DSP-4100/2K modems.  These 
modems are all in a stand-alone cabinet and interface to the PC via a 
standard RS-232 serial I/O port.

However, if you already have a radio data communications system that is 
designed to be used with the P-38 or the PCI-4000, we will be very pleased 
to tool-up and make a special run for you.  We require a 50 piece order and 
90 days to make these special runs.  We have done this for several 
commercial customers.  In regard to the P-38, we have inventory of this 
product on the shelf and of course the P-38 modem is for sale.

The use of sound cards and sound card RTTY software really has nothing to 
do with this.

Please note that the latest software update for the DXP-38 now supports use 
of a sound card as well - for the waterfall spectrum tuning indicator for 
all modes (RTTY, CLOVER, Pactor, and AMTOR) and for PSK-31.  As before, 
this update is free, available from the HAL web site (www.halcomm.com).

Bill Henry, K9GWT
President



At 02:40 PM 02/27/2002 -0500, Barry wrote:
>I presume it's cuz the cost/benefit ratio is too high - too much cost
>to rework the board and limited potential sales.
>
>Is there such an animal as a PCI/ISA adaptor?
>73,
>Barry
>P.S. I moved this thread from the Writelog to the RTTY reflector
>where I think it's more appropriate (lot's of non-RTTY WL users
>hate all the RTTY stuff there)
>
>
>On 27 Feb 02, at 9:32, Bill Turner wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:49:31 -0000, Denis   Campbell wrote:
> >
> > >I checked with HAL about any future
> > >plans for a P38 for a PCI slot and was told there wasn't any and that
> > >they were discontinuing manufacture of the board.
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > Interesting bit of info.  Anyone know the background?  I assume the
> > soundcard software has a lot to do with the decision.
> >
> > Bill, W7TI
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>
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>Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
>Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
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