Hi Bob, Since you are one of the foremost digital programmers of all time, could you give us some idea of where you think we are headed, digitally speaking, over the next five and maybe ten years?
What is it that we need in order to have a good OS? What sound cards are needed? (Example: are Soundblaster Live! not all that useable and others a lot better for digital?) I have not used Win 98 for a year or two having 2+ Gig laptop and desktop computers and don't have any problem at all with upgrading if it can do something with digital that we have not been able to do up until now. If you were to recommend the right equipment and OS at this time, what would be your recommendations and any other thoughts you might have. Thanks and 73, Rick, KV9U -----Original Message----- From: Robert McGwier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [digitalradio] PSK10 or MFSK16 This is only because programmer's insist on programming using directx or windows MME. If they gave up on Win98 and used WDM-KS (Windows Driver Model - Kernel Streaming), or restrict to cards that support ASIO 2.0 natively, they would achieve latency's under 5ms on 2 Ghz P4's for example. There is a serious penalty to pay for supporting Win98 and Win ME and old slow machines. Until such time as developer's are using that it is seven years after Win98 and it has been longer than that since the Pentium-MMX came out, and that it is time to move on, we will be stuck with this problem. At Flex-Radio, they have basically said you cannot use your SDR-1000 software as a CW radio with the software keyer if you do not want to or are unable to pay the necessary penalties. We are doing all of these software defined radio methods (digital sound card programs are SDR's) and expecting them to work by communicating their goods over tin cans and string. ARQ is possible. We have to say it is restricted to 21-st century sound cards and operating systems. I see no problem with developers adding such modes and saying explicitly they will not work without the necessary goodies to run them. Bob N4HY The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
