Most older PCs will still run Windows 10. If you can get Windows 7 onto it, you can get the free upgrade to 10 and your IEEE card is probably still supported.
If all else fails, you can run that computer "headless" (look into something called "TightVNC" to run your old machine remotely from a new one) and leave the old box under your feet or on a shelf somewhere. Some higher end PCs will run something called Thunderbird. It probably has enough throughput to run Firewire. Haven't looked, but you can check it out. You can also still get and old fashioned desktop for pretty cheap . I just got an i3 on Craigs List for backup for my own Flex computing and it upgraded to Win 10 just fine. 200 bucks. Don't know about IEEE as I now run a 6300. But, you should be able, still, to make something like this work. Larry WO7R On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:11 PM, harveywizbang--- via FlexRadio < flexradio@flex-radio.biz> wrote: > Dale > > Why do you make your decision on a "newer" computer? There are LOTS of > options to continue using your 5K. Neal will build you a "screamer" or you > can go cheap with a refurb on amazon or eBay with W7 and put in a FW card. > Don't give up on your 5K . It is still a GREAT radio. > > Sent from an atomic powered IBM Selectric > > flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz wrote: > > >Send FlexRadio mailing list submissions to > > flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > flexradio-requ...@flex-radio.biz > > > >You can reach the person managing the list at > > flexradio-ow...@flex-radio.biz > > > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >than "Re: Contents of FlexRadio digest..." > > > > > >Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Using a Flex 5000 through USB3 (Dale Taylor) > > 2. Re: Using a Flex 5000 through USB3 (Dudley Hurry) > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Message: 1 > >Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:00:45 -0700 > >From: Dale Taylor <dnktay...@gmail.com> > >To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz, flexra...@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [Flexradio] Using a Flex 5000 through USB3 > >Message-ID: > > < > ca+kynaowzv3v4k6uffqgmocesjdrkm+jappfkn1y+fr1aua...@mail.gmail.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > >Is it possible to use a Flex 5000 via a USB3 cable and a Firewire adapter? > > > >I am very saddened by the devaluation of my Flex Radio and shocked to see > >what upgrading to a 6500 would cost. Perhaps I should give away my 5000 > >and just buy a new radio, but I wanted to see if there's any way I could > >still use it with a newer computer that no longer has Firewire. > > > >Thanks, Dale Taylor > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Message: 2 > >Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:05:49 -0600 > >From: Dudley Hurry <jhu...@austin.rr.com> > >To: Dale Taylor <dnktay...@gmail.com> > >Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz, flexra...@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Using a Flex 5000 through USB3 > >Message-ID: <2337b757-ecc2-4c46-a40d-f25ae30f0...@austin.rr.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > >Dale, > > > >USB3 can not support the through put of the FIreWire. As it can not the > number of full duplex channels . > > > >73, > >Dudley > >WA5QPZ > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> On Feb 17, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Dale Taylor <dnktay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Is it possible to use a Flex 5000 via a USB3 cable and a Firewire > adapter? > >> > >> I am very saddened by the devaluation of my Flex Radio and shocked to > see > >> what upgrading to a 6500 would cost. Perhaps I should give away my 5000 > >> and just buy a new radio, but I wanted to see if there's any way I could > >> still use it with a newer computer that no longer has Firewire. > >> > >> Thanks, Dale Taylor > >> _______________________________________________ > >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > >> To opt out of the Reflector: > >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >Subject: Digest Footer > > > >_______________________________________________ > >FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > >------------------------------ > > > >End of FlexRadio Digest, Vol 130, Issue 4 > >***************************************** > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
