[RTTY] Commercial Interfaces

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Your serial ports have drivers.  If you happened to be using USB to
serial converters those driers *would have problems* with Windows 8.
The issue is with improper initialization on start-up because of the
quick boot (load a kernel image with drivers) feature in Win 8.

The kernel image does not properly initialize many current drivers.
Until that process can be modified to reinitialize the drivers or
the drivers be modified to self-initialize, there will be problems
in Windows 8.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 12/10/2012 11:23 AM, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> My interface requires no drivers, just serial ports. The sound card does.
> But that comes from Windows. I have had no problems with Win 98, Win XP,
> Win Vista or Win 7 and if I need to talk to the support staff, I just talk
> to myself. Nothing simpler, do it all the time.
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> All interfaces require a driver of some kind and Windows 8 (or some
>> of the OEM versions of Windows 8) has broken several of the hardware
>> drivers.  Windows 8 is the new "Vista" and will have corporations
>> scrambling to retain Windows 7.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>     ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>> On 12/10/2012 10:14 AM, Ed wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/10/2012 09:37 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   You also need to make sure that any commercial thing you get is
>>>>> certified for Windows 8 as there are reports out that some don't work
>>>>> with Windows 8.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In fact, you need to *avoid Windows 8*.  Windows 8 offers no benefits
>>>> for the typical desk/laptop user, has a completely confusing interface
>>>> and breaks a lot of hardware.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>>      ... Joe, W4TV
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yet another reason to avoid commercial interfaces that require a driver.
>>>
>>> Ed W3NR
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