[Boatanchors] Old Antenna Model Program

[Rob Atkinson]

The new "smartphones" don't have audio jacks from what I have heard.
That will be the next so-called improvement--getting audio out will
involve some kind of RF hocus-pocus cart wheeling instead of a simple
plug jack and cable..RIDICULOUS!!!!

Rob
K5UJ

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Bill Henderson <bill.henderson at ocdsb.ca> wrote:
> ABSOLUTELY AGREED !
>
> I ran into this recently with my camcorder and firewire.
>
> The (relatively) new laptop (two yrs old) doesn't have a firewire port.
>
> Nor is there a port to add one of the adapter cards that used to be common.
>
> So, I kept the old desktop tower (Win XP) and it is now showing signs of
> failure.
>
> I suppose I could buy an older laptop with a built in firewire port, or a
> new camcorder (and repeat the cycle when the ports "de jour" change again).
>
> Or digitize the the composite video/audio out.
>
> Same feelings on SDR as you - at least my boatanchors (for the most part)
> are still repairable and useful.
>
> 73 de CF3HWA / Bill H.