On 7/25/2012 12:09 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>
>
> On 7/24/2012 8:54 PM, Frank wrote:
>
> Yes, this "solution" will work, but only on a desktop
> machine.
The USB to serial converter should work on a laptop.
Depending on what OS and what version.
Most users want to use the AIM-4170 out at
> the antenna with a laptop.
Just turn on the Wi-Fi with another application for which I forgot the
name and you can actually look at what the desktop is seeing and run
things from the laptop.
I have a difficult time calling them desktops. Mine are nearly 3' tall,
2 1/2 feet deep, 8 or 10 inches wide and weight 50 to 60#
Course the video cards take up two slots each and consume about 300
watts. They make more noise than all the other fans combined and they
put out one whale of a bunch of heat.
OTOH the AA 230 Pro would be much handier for that.
73
Roger (K8RI)
I used to have an old
> Thinkpad with a built in serial port that I could use,
> but it died. Newer laptops, of course, don't come
> with serial ports.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
>>>
>> Most ham radio software (at least the stuff I use) runs just fine on
>> Pentium IIIs and even Pentium IIs. You can get one of those old boxes
>> for next to nothing, load it up with lots of memory if you need the
>> capability and use the serial ports the machine came with.
>>
>> If you also need usb ports, add a card. Usb add-on cards don't need
>> drivers if you use XP.
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