On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft < [email protected]> wrote:
> ...investing the serious amount of money a Flex gets and then running it > on an antiquated computer. > > ============= One of the various things that conspired to kill the previous version of the Flex software was the proliferation of cloud-related software on newer machines. A Microsoft Skydrive, or a Google update program, or one of a large number of other stuff, would periodically issue an interrupt that would take the CPU's attention away from the Flex data stream, introducing latency and/or crashes. The first design was a recipe for obsolescence. Besides, if you wanted PSDR, a K3 with LP-Pan and NaP3 has a superset of the capabilities of a Flex 5000, and none of the endless series of bugs that plagued the Flex version of PSDR. The new Flex stuff brings the data path inside the radio, so that the dependency on the OS is reduced, and it probably works okay if you want to try to operate your station with the mouse. But at least IMHO, a DXer working split in a big CW pile without knobs is at an overwhelming disadvantage. 73, Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
