Whew. That sounds great. We are truly glad it is working.
Microsoft now allows folks to "downgrade" from Vista to XP if they
have a copy of XP media to use. I don't know how the downgrade works,
but it gives you a fully licensed version of XP on the machine. I
guess lots of folks aren't very happy with Vista, although I am sure
the fine engineers at Microsoft are working to remedy things there.
Glad things are working out. If we can help more, just shout!
On May 23, 2008, at 6:59 PM, James C. Hall, MD wrote:
Hello:
Well it appears I discovered that not all serial cables are built
the same.
I took the Keyspan adapter and my laptop to my trusty K2, and sure
enough,
it polled just fine. That left me wondering 'what's the difference
between
the K2 and the K3?' Except for anything internal which I felt highly
unlikely, the answer was the cable itself. I called myself
substituting a
cable earlier but later discovered that this cable was formerly used
to
relay status information from a UPS. They are not true serial cables
apparently.
When I hooked up with what I KNEW to be a true serial cable to the
K3, it
worked perfectly !
As for Vista - who knows ?!! It looks like it will require a
purchase of an
up-to-date device and drivers. Jeez, I wish ham radios had USB ports !
73, Jamie
WB4YDL
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