Excellent, Dan! That will probably stop a lot of future questions and confusion.
Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Oct 2023, at 14:34, Dan Smith via chirp_users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> the 32 bit zip file works all the time for me, and doesn't need to be >> installed. Just unzip and run. > > Since this has come up a few times now and people are quite confused, I just > wanted to clarify: > > There is *no* 32-bit Windows version of CHIRP-next, and there hasn't been > since we started at the beginning of the year. The zip file is named "win32" > because that is what a lot of non-Windows people (i.e. me) have called the > platform for decades. However, that's not proper terminology for 64-bit > windows and what was inside that zip file is a 64-bit (only) binary. You can > see it from task manager: > > <PastedGraphic-1.png> > > > I've fixed that in today's build so it's now properly referred to as "win64". > > Today's installer should also run on 32-bit machines and tell the user in no > uncertain terms that 64-bit is required (if anyone has a 32-bit system around > to help confirm, I'd appreciate it). It also checks the OS version and makes > sure you're running windows 10 or later to avoid installing it only to find > it won't run. > > Hopefully that will clarify things a bit for the future! > > --Dan_______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Rog at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list [email protected] http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to [email protected] at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] Searchable archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
