USB has it place but if it's 'just' to get rid of the serial port by moving the Serial/USB conversion inside the radio then I don't see the point
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:44 -0400, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > The problem of insisting on Ham radio equipment manufactures > supporting the patently NON-standard USB standard is driving up > mamufacturer's costs and running into problems every time the OS has > to be patched to get around some security hack. Followed by Wayne > having to upgrade and recertify the Elecraft drivers before the fix > can be distributed. Microsoft is NOT paying for this stuff. What's Microsoft got to do with it ;-) In linux USB hardware support is in general very good indeed where vendors publish in full the specs needed to create a driver, it's a bit less good (to non-existent) where vendors treat the interface spec as proprietary. With USB serial adapters (and USB soundcards ) I haven't yet met a single one that does not 'just work' with recent kernels. Windows on the other hand is a bloody nightmare with many USB devices and usb serial converters. -- 73 Brendan EI6IZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
