How about Firewire ? 73 Gene K1NR
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:41:44 -0700 Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > As long as PCs have USB ports, and as long as there are > USB to RS232 > adapters available, then the K2, K3, and other rigs > having RS232 > control will be 100% supported. No one need worry about > installing an > RS232 card in their computer. > > Future Elecraft products will have additional I/O > options, possibly > including USB and/or Ethernet, but I can't make > predictions beyond that. > > It is also possible for the K3's present digital daughter > board to be > replaced with one having USB, Ethernet, or a combination > of I/O ports. > We might look at this. Of course we would continue to > offer the > existing unit, with RS232, as long as there is a need for > it. > > Thanks for all your thoughts on the matter. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Aug 31, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Nicholas Farrar wrote: > > > My thought exactly. I think we would rather be ahead of > the curve on > > this > > one. Serial(RS-232) will become more and more difficult > on the x86-64 > > platform. It might not be the most cost effective but > what about fiber > > optics? Fiber optic PC cards are getting > cheaper($100-$200) and > > fiber would > > introduce no RFI into the K3. That is just one idea. I > personally > > would be > > happy with CAT6 cable. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
