On Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 12:23 PM Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > Interestingly, it appears that the original author was threatened with > patent infringement of US Patent 5,005,210[1]. It seems as though the > patent may have expired in 2008[2]. > > ..... >
Thanks for that, the usual shady story. > Just glancing at the source and from the comments of others, there is > probably some amount of the source that could be usable. I suspect the > UI and the sound interface would need to be written from scratch as they > are probably Turbo C and Soundblaster specific, respectively. The thing is, the Soundblaster and the (Commodore? or Curtis?) sound chips in them became a de facto standard. DOS and Windows. There were clone chips and compatible cards, etc. So the project could have a broad compatibility reach. And you have to wonder if it's been mostly done already. Still > this would be a very useful tool for those interested in radio frequency > (RF) work, especially with a laptop or SBC (Raspberry Pi, etc.). > > - Nate > > [1] https://www.qsl.net/n9zia/xmit_id/legal.html > [2] https://patents.google.com/patent/US5005210A/en > [3] https://wiki.w9cr.net/index.php/Transmitter_Fingerprinting > [4] > https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dispatch/name/richard-rager-obituary?id=28327105 > > -- > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > Web: https://www.n0nb.us > Projects: https://github.com/N0NB > GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 > >
