I would not trust a VIC20 to feed my dog. They were junk made of discrete parts one could do in your garage.. Were fun for the day though. I also had a Pet. Did a lot of things with it.
The PC is so such a stable platform. The OSs, now that is another issue. The PC does offer so much with its sound card and a mulitude of I/O options. However, I would think a dedicated card for the repeater would be good....a card doing the simple interfacing that would run with the PC and run alone if PC failed. A simple card that did the COS/PTT/Audio, but had interface to the PC. Also a watch-dog-timer that would force PC reboot on failure. I really don't trust any computer for long term task. Always need some sort of recovery vehicle built in to monitor performance and auto kick start in a failure. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: Alexandre Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/06/18 Wed PM 03:22:27 EDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: software repeater controller > >> 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? > >A Vic-20 is waaaaaaaayyyyyy safer and more stable than a PC. I'd not >trust my repeater to a PC. Of course, I have a extense background in >microcontrollers. I do hope the one creating this controller make it safe :P > >Greetings from Brazil > Pu1BZZ > Alexandre > > > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
