[RTTY] Commercial Interfaces

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

I believe the core issue is the Personal Computer has still not reached 
the state of being a true "appliance". That's where not a shred of 
technical expertise is required to use it as a tool. The industry needs 
to continue to advance to the level of a toaster or coffee maker. When 
it quits working, you throw it away, buy a replacement, turn it on, and 
continue from where you left off.

Imagine, 100 years in the future when an episode of "Pickers" comes on 
and they find an old IBM XT in its original box in a South Carolina 
barn. They'll be jumping up and down when they find a box of ten 5-1/4" 
square fiber sleeves with a plastic cookie inside that rotates around 
the gaping hole in the center!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 12/10/2012 7:51 PM, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> I keep hearing that the 64 bit stuff causes problems, but I run both 32 and
> 64 bit systems (mostly 64) and I have not had a single problem. Of course
> my interfaces are all HB so I don't have driver issues with them, but even
> the e-mu drivers that every ones says don't work seem to work just fine.
> Can't figure out what all the excitement is about.
>
> Jim K0XU Sent from my Xoom tablet
> On Dec 10, 2012 5:56 PM, "Jeff Blaine" <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Windows 7 is a good OS, and it's especially good if you pick the x32
>> version.  It's the x64 related driver issues that give guys so much trouble.
>>
>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>> www.ac0c.com
>> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Al Kozakiewicz
>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 5:53 PM
>> To: 'Bill Turner' ; RTTY Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Commercial Interfaces
>>
>> You didn't specify the exact problem but I suspect the issue is that
>> you're expecting an operating system that was sunset in 2006 or thereabouts
>> to have the drivers needed to run on hardware developed in 2012.
>>   Especially on laptops where performance comes at a premium to begin with,
>> maintaining compatibility with 20 year old hardware protocols is not
>> assured.
>>
>> Al
>> AB2ZY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@**contesting.com<rtty-bounces at contesting.com>]
>> On Behalf Of Bill Turner
>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 3:00 PM
>> To: RTTY Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Commercial Interfaces
>>
>> If you really want simplicity and bullet proof reliability, stick with
>> Windows XP. Everything works like it should.
>>
>> The so-called "upgrades" to Win 7 and 8 may be more trouble than they are
>> worth, unless you like to experiment with things, as I do sometimes.
>>
>> For day in, day out use, XP is hard to beat. Save your money.
>>
>> One word of caution however: As I found out with a friend's new laptop
>> which came with Win7 installed, you may not be able to revert back to XP.
>> My friend preferred XP and no matter what we tried, the computer would not
>> allow it to be installed. We even formatted the HD and tried a clean
>> install. It simply would not do it. The laptop was a Hewlett-Packard.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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