Larry, I don't wanna start a discussion on the forum about this but just a little comment hi.
>Unless, of course, you intend to make the ridiculous suggestion that hams >should purchase the "latest and greatest ham radio technology" with the >understanding that it will only work properly on 10-year-old hardware and >5-year-old operating systems. ;-) Did you read the specifications ? The MB has all the latest technologies + older but in our case very needed ISA slots. I started to look again after this Motherboards due a telephone call I received yesterday from a Belgian government. They had to buy a 5300 $ PCI board to control a high tech machine !! but with the board I suggested they have all the latest technology and the extra ISA slot(s) to control with simple add-on board for less then 300 $. If programming was easy done for PCI LPT boards why NOBODY has done it so far ?? Because they are lazy ? I don't think so, maybe it can't be done under XP, maybe because there is no need anymore since recent printers work with USB nowadays and we are only a small group that use the LPT port for something else or the pci board that can be controlled is to expensive, maybe we should ask Bill Gates WHY. Same problem is there for USB to Serial ports, there is only one brand I now that works OK for FSK - CW & PTT all other brands I've tried suffer with one of the outputs. BTW Happy Xmas and DXfull 2005 Guy ON4AOI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier (K8UT) Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:10 AM To: ON4AOI; dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Dx4win] The solution for several working LPT ports Guy, I am sorry, but I must disagree with your suggestion that the "solution" to the parallel port driver problem is that new computer owners must dismantle their Dells and Gateways and Compaqs, replacing their new motherboards and USB ports with 10 year old ISA technology and hard-coded LPT ports. Do not try and disguise this software problem with a cheap hardware "fix'" - that is just asking for trouble. You're swimming upstream against the strategic product directions of Intel, Microsoft, and the BIOS vendors. The correct solution to the parallel port problem is that software developers (we're talking about DX4WIN, ARSWin, TopTen Devices, WaveNode technologies here...) must revamp their programs to become compliant with the new hardware and operating system architectures. This means that they must use new compilers, new I/O utilities, and deliver new releases of their programs. Unless/until that happens, the customers of these vendors are the ones who will suffer, because they are purchasing products that cannot possibly work on the latest hardware and software platforms. Unless, of course, you intend to make the ridiculous suggestion that hams should purchase the "latest and greatest ham radio technology" with the understanding that it will only work properly on 10-year-old hardware and 5-year-old operating systems. ;-) ... I didn't think so! [DISCLAIMER - keep in mind that I am talking specifically about those characteristics of DX4WIN, and other programs, that would require multiple parallel ports to control things like CW keying, antenna rotors, band decoders, remote antenna switches, remote sensors and wattmeters, etc. If you don't have those requirements, these issues do not apply] -larry K8UT ----- Original Message ----- From: "ON4AOI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [Dx4win] The solution for several working LPT ports > Hi All, > for those who are still looking for several working > LPT's the solution is here ........ > > Probably there are lot of people complaining about the > missing ISA slots on the latest motherboards..... > > SOLTEK motherboards has the solution > > TYPE = SL-XP865G-3IG > Chipset Intel 865G + ICH5 > Processor CPU Socket 478B on board. > Front Side Bus 800/533/400MHz Front Side Bus. > Memory 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Sockets. > Supporting unregistered non-ECC DDR 400/333/266 DRAM up to 2GB. > Supporting Dual-Channel. > Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 8X/4X Slot. > 4 x PCI Slots. > 3 x ISA Slots. > On-Board EIDE 2 x ATA100/66/33 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE > devices. > On-Board SATA 2 x Serial ATA connectors supporting 2 Serial ATA HDDs. (by > ICH5) > Integrated Super I/O 1 x Floppy Port. > 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port. > 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port. > 1 x Gigabit LAN Port. > 1 x Parallel Port. > 2 x Serial Ports. (1 integrated RS232 COM1 Port, 1 via optional cable for > RS232/RS422/RS485 COM2 Port) > 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 Ports. (4 integrated, 4 via optional cables) > 1 x VGA Port. > RAID -- > IEEE1394 -- > Audio -- > LAN Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN Function. > BIOS AMI BIOS. > Flash Memory for easy upgrade. > Form Factor ATX Form Factor (305mm x 220mm) > Other Features Jumper FSB Setting. > BIOS Writing Protection. > H/M Monitor. > STR Function. (optional) > > Guy ON4AOI > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
