On 08.10.14 09:06, John Dammeyer wrote: > Windows 3.11 to Win95 orphaned the product two months after I bought it. ... > I also own a 32 channel logic analyzer pod that runs off the parallel port. > Last time I was using it was WIN-98 or maybe XP. I wrote custom DLL code for > it to do CAN bus decoding from the bit stream back in 2001. I haven't tried > it with WIN-7. Don't know if it will work. ... > Just an observation that these little pocket scopes and logic analyzers have > a very short lifetime.
Yup, when the host is M$-based, that's particularly true. My linux-hosted oscilloscope/logic_analyser is ethernet connected, and the host software still runs on current linux versions, with new downloads a couple of mouse clicks away. On 08.10.14 16:55, Ralph Stirling wrote: > It gets more complicated, though. We have a lab full of Tek logic analyzers > (about 10yo if I recall). They had a retail value of about $11K each I think, > although we got a discount. We discovered after we bought them that they > ran on Windows 2000. Last year we persuaded Tek to give us the drivers that > would work on XP, and upgraded the LA's to XP. Don't know how many more > times we can make that happen. With linux-based stuff, the norm is to put the host software on a webpage, and let you upgrade at will. For the one I have, it's http://my.bitscope.com/download/ where you just select OS and host architecture, then snarf it for nix. Providing ongoing value in a product is probably an advantage in staying in business, I think. But if the supplier were to go west, I'd still remain on air for as long as the source code for a compatible linux version can compile on a piece of hardware I can buy. My suspicion is that I'll wear out before that happens. For just a logic analyser, an open source product, like the one mentioned upthread, provides complete vendor independence. Erik -- The use of Microsoft crippleware systems is a sin that carries with it its own punishment. -- Tom Christiansen in <6bo3fr$pj8$5...@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> (No relation) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
