On 09.10.14 10:51, andy pugh wrote:
> On 9 October 2014 07:02, Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> >> Just an observation that these little pocket scopes and logic analyzers
> >> have
> >> a very short lifetime.
> >
> > Yup, when the host is M$-based, that's particularly true.
>
> That seems a little unfair. How long did MS support XP for? It was
> released in 2001 and support ended in 2014.
And it ought to be possible to run the old OS on the old hardware until
it succumbs to entropy. Buying one or two "old hardware" mobos, recently
manufactured, should then add up to another decade, with a bit of luck.
However, it's not as future proof as having the source code to the OS,
and being able to do a backport yourself (or pay someone to), if
necessary. With an ethernet connection, and a linux hosted app, the one
I use is really only reliant on linux system calls, X11, and TCP/IP, I
figure. Oh, and a DLL, I remember.
In contrast to relying on both M$ and the gadget vendor continuing
support, the exposure is halved when only the latter needs to continue,
because linux distros abound, and loss of any one has no great effect.
Erik
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