[RTTY] Commercial Interfaces

[Jim Rhodes]

I just did not want to get stuck with the 4 gig memory limit on a modern
machine. Yes I can boot to XP if I want or Ubuntu linux if I desire. But I
don't very often. If it was just a shack computer maybe OK, but why buy the
power to choke it off with the memory limit.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Jeff Blaine <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   Jim,
>
> The trouble (in my case) lies with the sound cards.  In the XP x32, you
> could point as many devices onto a given audio feed as you wanted.  But in
> x64 Win 7, it’s one device per source.  Also, I never could get my Quartet
> to work in Win 7 x64, even though I could dual-boot back into xp and it
> worked fine (meaning the hardware was exactly the same, only the OS and
> related changed).  So I would say that some guys will not have trouble –
> and others will.  However, for all things constant, the x32 will have less
> compatibility issues than the x64 version of Win 7.  And for guys who don’t
> want to stay with XP for whatever reason, I suggest to them to follow the
> x32 win7 path if it’s a dedicated shack machine.  There just is no benefit
> to the x64 OS compared to the x32 for just about all hams.
>
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> www.ac0c.com
> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>
>
>  *From:* Jim Rhodes <jimk0xu at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2012 7:51 PM
> *To:* Jeff Blaine <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* RTTY Contesting <rtty at contesting.com> ; Bill Turner<dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>; Al
> Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [RTTY] Commercial Interfaces
>
>
> 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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