[Elecraft] How 'bout a USB interface?

[John Clifford]

I understand all of your points... but ham radio is about advancing the
state of the art and not merely making do with what's currently available.
RS-232 is eventually going to die, replaced by USB.  As a user/developer of
RS-232-based solutions since the early '80s, I say "Good riddance!"

Maggie, your objections can be overcome merely by someone writing a class
that supports USB and porting it to the operating system of choice.  This
would be a more elegant solution in the long run -- your user wouldn't have
to worry about identifying which serial port a particular rig was installed
on, and it would give EVERYONE who uses your software the same capabilities
you have with your 16-serial port machine regardless of how many comm ports
they have.

Ideally, I would like to be able to put all of my intelligent ham
radio-related gear onto a USB network.  This may require changes in the
software that runs on my PC/OS of choice... but so what?  And, since the
KIO2 is already available, adding an interchangeable/additional USB
interface is not going to affect what's currently happening software-wise.

Rich Lentz' posting gave me some interesting ideas... I may play around with
one of these and see what it will allow me to do.  Thanks...

 - jgc

John Clifford KD7KGX

Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9
Elecraft K2 #1678 /KSB2/KIO2/KBT2/KAT2/KNB2/KAF2
                  ...trying to schedule time to build my KPA100!
Ten-Tec Omni VI/Opt1

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