It's not quite like the Windows PC is controlling an elevator, a failure would be catastrophic in that case.
There is always the re-boot off course, but if one wanted to cover oneself for the worst possible situation, one would have as part of the emergency kit a spare HD with an identical copy of the setup in case Windows eats the HD. XP is fairly reliable compared to it's predecessors, but one must keep that machine absolutely clean of miscellaneous software that might affect system stability. The games he plays is not the best software in the world to rate a PC's stability by. I've always been a harsh critic of Microsoft but XP if kept clean it is very reliable. My main PC's and My son's have error correcting memory and I can't remember the last time we crashed our PC's other than power failures. In the future Linux will also be an option. At 10:50 AM 6/27/2006, you wrote: >My teenage son questions the suitability of any software-defined radio >-- especially one depending on a computer running Windows -- as a >reliable means of communications in emergencies. Any takers? > >If I take the plunge and buy an SDR-1000, I expect to install my Icom >IC-706MkIIG in the car permanently, so that would be the >backup/emergency rig. > >Alan NV8A > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio mailing list >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com "Windows, the most successful software virus ever" Don Seglio Batuna _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
