Just so I can confuse the matter a bit more, the new firmware (v1.3.0.0) is 64-bit compatible when used with the current Firewire driver (v3.2.0.1556). It loads and runs well on 64-bit operating systems Microsoft didn't cripple with mandatory driver signing for kernel mode drivers, like 64-bit XP and Windows Server x64. For Vista x64 users, Neal's recommendation is the best for the time being.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:44 PM To: Richard Stouffer Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Any Chance... Vista 64 Bit I am pretty sure we will hear explicitly from Flex when its 64bit signed, so until then we will wait. It really saddens me that none of the virtual envionment programs (vmware, virtualbox, parallels, xen, etc.) support firewire devices. If I had any driver writing skills I would write a firewire->USB2 and a USB2->firewire bridge so we could fake out the virtual machines but I am sure that the 64bit drivers will be signed long before I could write that type of virtual driver. I know there could be latency issues but I would bet a 3.2 gHz i7 Intel quad proc Hyperthreaded CPU and a good motherboard with some DDR3 1600 memory would blow past most of it. BTW, with the new i7 Intel chips using hyperthreading, it looks like 8 processors to Windows. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - $15.99 ------------------------------------------------- For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com ------------------------------------------------- See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.com On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Richard Stouffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By any chance are the latest firmware and drivers compatible with > Vista 64 Bit? > > > > I absolutely have to do a clean install on my hard drive to overcome a > problems with several apps not loading: Adobe Bridge and Premiere 2.0 > being the most critical, as well as system stability issues. Those, > along with Photoshop CS-4 really need all of the 8 GHz of RAM that the > computer has. > 32 bit really slows down production. Besides, Vista Ultimate has > already been purchased. > > > > If SDR won't run on 64 bit I'll pull out an old dual core, XP box that > I have in the closet and set it up for dedicated radio use, but that > will sure clutter up my work space and I'm sure that SDR, HRD and > DM780 will tax that old machines capacity. > > > > Thanks, > > Richard- WU5K > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
