On Saturday 09 December 2006 09:55, Mike Harris wrote: > This has been asked for for years. Sadly it will fall on totally deaf > ears at Elecraft. Not even a hint if it's possible or not.
This is the problem with proprietary firmware. Does Elecraft think that someone could make a rival product if the source code were released? Any determined capable person could write the firmware for the K2, or a rival product. The original Lego Mindstorms programmable brick was proprietary closed source firmware. At first, their lawyers descended on the hackers who were writing a more capable operating system for it with cease and desist orders. But Lego came to realise that they would sell more hardware if they encouraged independent development. Lego have firmly embraced this concept with the new Mindstorms brick (NXT) - they have released the firmware source code. According to their technical FAQ, hackers have already implemented Lua, Java and C for the NXT. I would like the tuning knob to behave like my IC-735, a variable rate depending on the knob rotation rate. I don't like the three tuning rates that require one or two button presses. So, how about it Elecraft? Release the source code - show us the complete design without the proprietary black box in the middle. You might increase your sales of the K2. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
