Joe, Guy... Amen.
Now can we see the shipping dates for the KPA-500's and the KAT-500's please. Certainly of more interest to me at least than trying to wade through the MS-OS-BS...:-) 73's Gary (almost moving) On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olin...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > READ the archives on this. The USB suggestion has been beaten to a > bloody pulp over and over again. This subject is like Count Dracula. > It's like the undead coming out of the corn fields. > > The devil in the proposal is having your K3 fail every time Microsoft > decides to make another of its several million arbitrary subtle OS > changes, this time to how Universal (ha! Ha!) serial bus actually > operates. And WE will NOT be tested before they dump that into their > automatic updates to a gazillion copies of MS OS, because we do NOT > have 20 million K3 users out there to make the consequences of blowing > us up scare them into actually checking FIRST if it blows us up or > not, BEFORE they release it. Come to think of it, based on the > record, 20 million isn't really enough, is it? The *U* in USB is a > complete joke. > > Somebody kill this idea and make it die, and stay dead, please... > > 73, Guy > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM, James Sarte (K2QI) <k2qi....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello group, > > > > I know Wayne has mentioned several times in the past that they had > > considered all possibilities when it comes to PC interfaces for the K3, > > including USB. In fact, he says the following on 16 June, 2009: > > > > "The KIO3's digital I/O module could be replaced with one that has USB > > rather than RS232 -- or better yet, both. We planned for this. > > > > The reason we went with RS232 initially is that many hams are still > > using PCs that have only RS232 ports. Those who prefer to use USB can > > use an inexpensive USB-to-RS232 adapter. There is no difference in I/O > > performance between the two methods. " > > > > Just wanted to revisit this topic and find out if anyone has heard > anything > > more regarding a possible USB interface for the K3. I know it's not for > > everyone, but for myself and perhaps others out there, the ability to > carry > > all data, including audio on a single cable would be convenient. Right > now, > > I'm using a Keyspan USB to RS232 adapter for data, along with two > separate > > stereo cables for audio. I don't have any real complaints with that > setup, > > but could be problematic when transferring the rig around from computer > to > > computer. > > > > -- > > 73 de James K2QI > > President UNARC/4U1UN > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
