Hey guys, These are exciting new times at Flex. There is nothing to fear. What is around the corner is what we have all be waiting for. We have been looking at the same old GUI for how many years now? (since inception?). My first contact with Gerald about the Flex SDR1K was about 3 1/2 years ago. After a year of back and forth with him (when they came out with the 100 watt amp) I took the plunge and bought my SDR1K. Superficially, on the outside PowerSDR has pretty much looked the same all these years but internally, so many changes have been made ( transparent to most of us) that they have made Flex Radio a serious contender in the ham radio market (not to mention government) all over the world. The Flex programmers have done amazing things with PSDR that nobody thought could be done. The Flex programmers have squeezed just about every ounce of performance that they can out of PSDR and have made the the SDR5K a world class radio. Now it's time for the next generation of PSDR or HyperFlex or whatever it is going to be called to go into development and make this little black box even better. I beleive that as this next generation of software is rolled out and as it evolves, people will see why the programmers have decided to do what they are doing and why they have chosen this particular route. There are advantages as to why they are doing it this way and I for one trust that they will make my Flex 5K do things that most of us can't even imagine right now. (Just look back to where we were 3 short years ago).
Nobody is going to have to go out and buy a whole new computer just to run the new generation of software. You will most likely be able to run the new version on what you are using right now. Besides, as Flexers, we are always in the "learning mode" and we will adapt in very short order as to what we need to do next to get the software up and running and to make our own conversions as seamless as possible. What is around the corner is something to be embraced and not feared. The Flex programmers are some of the most talented guys that I have seen in a long time. These guys will be looked back upon as pioneers" of a whole new industry. Tim Ellison, gave us some great links for some ideas on how to get started. Follow the links from his post : http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2007-December/020938.html Here is an alternative for those that are afraid of getting away from Microsoft: Installing Ubuntu inside Windows XP using VirtualBox (No 2 computer configuration needed) http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox Here, you can download "Virtualbox" and the manual to get your brain thinking in another direction: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads I am really looking forward to this new generation of software for my Flex 5K (whatever it may be called). Have fun guys. We are only on this planet for a short time :) 73 de Paul Zora K3PZ Port Saint Lucie, FL www.k3pz.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071229/c587a6b3/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
