I agree with you on Linux, and the quoted text below about it isn't
mine. If Elecraft offers a working USB dongle, that is sufficient USB
support for me.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 1:37 pm, Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB Support - K3, K2?
Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
This is a bit of a rant, I must admit, I am mystified by the desire
for USB inside an HF radio.
Agreed. From the point of view of the manufacturer, there is the big
headache of having to provide drivers for the various operating
systems -- and versions of operating systems. Do we want Elecraft to
spend valuable staff time making sure that working drivers are
available for Windows 95 through Vista, the various Mac OS versions,
Linux, and who knows what?
Ok, I finally got pulled into this debate; in the case of Linux and
most likely MacOS X, if the USB Chip is supported by the OS Kernel,
there won't be a problem. I know the FTDI chips are supported natively
in Linux (not sure what kernel version offhand) from reading it on
several Yahoo Groups that I'm in that are part of projects that use
that chipset.
Matthew Pitts
N8OHU
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