That’s why I use VM ware on my MAC. I run various OSs going back to DOS and a few Linux distros. I can run anything written in the last 40 years.
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 9, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Gwen Patton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, > My concern is legacy programs that may misbehave under Win10. I have some > pretty old programs that weren't written with Win10 in mind because it > didn't exist yet. I'm certain I'll have to upgrade eventually and bite the > bullet, but until then it's a balancing act. But to be fair, some of those > legacy programs aren't as important now as they once were, so I may be > hanging onto stuff I don't need to be concerned with. I'll have to go > through the thing and figure out what I need, what I want, and what will > still work. Eventually. It's not my #1 priority. > > I also may have to update the machine at the same time, and there's no > sense updating my OS if I'm just going to have to upgrade the hardware. Any > new machine I get will likely come with Win10 on it already, so I might as > well do a careful software migration to a new box than update the OS on the > old box that'll just get set aside. It doesn't owe me anything -- I got > this machine 7 years ago. > > 73, > Gwen, NG3P > >> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:32 PM Mark Musick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Gwen, >> I have the SDRPlay, Win4K3Suite and Windows 10. >> The issue you had with the PX3 will not occur with the P3. Yes, you have >> IQ output on the PX3, but the P3 is the IF output. >> For the P3 just move the switch on the back of the P3 to enable the P3 IF >> output, connect it to the SDRPlay, connect the SDRPlay via the USB cable to >> your PC and Win4K3Suite automatically recognizes the SDRPlay and the >> spectrum display works right away. No hassles. Yes, you can connect the >> SDRPlay directly to the IF out on the K3, but why would you do that and >> loose the use of the P3? >> As to moving to Windows 10, I don't understand all the hullabaloo. You >> have to move to it sometime. So, why not do it sooner rather than later. >> Especially, when it is free. It is my understanding, if I'm wrong someone >> please correct me, but you will now have to pay to upgrade. >> For me the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has been the least painful >> of all the OS moves. Yes, you have to get use to things being in different >> places and accessing things differently, but you've got to do that whenever >> you move to a new OS. Thus my statement do it now rater than later. There > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
