[TowerTalk] AIM-4170 driver issues

Frank frankkamp at att.net
Tue Jul 24 21:29:45 PDT 2012


Interesting.  A clear case of not having enough information.  Kind of 
spooky.  Makes me wonder what other clever applications I am missing out 
on.  Using the laptop out at the antenna,  I would never have thought of 
doing that.


Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:

>On 7/24/2012 8:54 PM, Frank wrote:
>
>Yes, this "solution" will work, but only on a desktop
>machine.  Most users want to use the AIM-4170 out at
>the antenna with a laptop.  I used to have an old
>Thinkpad with a built in serial port that I could use,
>but it died.  Newer laptops, of course, don't come
>with serial ports.
>
>Rick N6RK
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>>Most ham radio software (at least the stuff I use) runs just fine on
>>Pentium IIIs and even Pentium IIs.  You can get one of those old boxes
>>for next to nothing, load it up with lots of memory if you need the
>>capability and use the serial ports the machine came with.
>>
>>If you also need usb ports, add a card.  Usb add-on cards don't need
>>drivers if you use XP.
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