I remember Altairs. Still have one.
At 07:15 PM 6/18/2008 +0000, you wrote:
--- In
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected],
"Alexandre Souza" <alexandre-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > For multiple audio ports these days I'd recommend using USB audio
> > devices. ISA slots are way gone and PCI slots aren't far behind.
For
> > an embedded PC controlling radios 24/7 you want something small,
quiet
> > and low power, most form factors that fit that description usually
> > have few if any PCI slots.
>
> A PC controlling a repeater?!?!?! What is the problem of using
a small
> microcontroller, with some BASIC programming???
>
> You are using a cannon to kill a microbe he he he
>
Not at all. Using a PC to control a repeater as complex as the system
here with remotes etc. is a perfectly logical choice and allows
nearly unlimited flexability.
The original controller on the system here back in the mid 1980s was
a Commodore VIC-20 :). Any young'ens remember those?
- Darrell/KA7BTV
