The old RS-232 interface DOES HAVE one redeeming virtue we should all be aware of, however: The interconnecting cable to the peripheral device can be very long, whereas with USB you have to keep the cable length quite short unless you resort to "heroic" measures. Sometimes the additional length tolerance of RS-232 comes in very handy. I like USB very much of course, but still like to have RS-232 available for some purposes.
I hope USB soon becomes the overwhelming norm for peripherals that are almost always used right next to the computer. But for those which are often used farther away, RS-232 is still the easiest way to do it. I have an RS-232 port card in my computer just for that. 73 - Bob, K6KL --- JC Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dittos, Phil. It's way past time ALL ham gear > manufacturers started to > realize that serial, and even parallel, ports are a > thing of the past. The > more we let them know it, the sooner it will change. > After 20% of the > industry makes the switch the rest will be forced to > follow or loose their > market share. > > 72 - JC, K0HPS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Phil Townsend > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:12 AM > To: n0tu/Steve; qrp-l; ElecraftLIST > Subject: [QRP-L] Wayne...Eric...K2 with USB anytime > soon?? > > > Seems to me most computers today are USB as a > standard... > I've put up with that stupid RS232 (standard???) for > many more years than I > care to think. > > > ______________________________________________________________ > QRP-L mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________ > QRP-L mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ QRP-L mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
