[Elecraft] USB Support - K3, K2?

[Leigh L Klotz, Jr.]

I agree with you on Linux, and the quoted text below about it isn't 
mine.  If Elecraft offers a working USB dongle, that is sufficient USB 
support for me.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 1:37 pm, Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com>
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB Support - K3, K2?
>
>
>> Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>> This is a bit of a rant, I must admit, I am mystified by the desire 
>>> for USB inside an HF radio.
>>
>> Agreed. From the point of view of the manufacturer, there is the big 
>> headache of having to provide drivers for the various operating 
>> systems --  and versions of operating systems. Do we want Elecraft to 
>> spend valuable staff time making sure that working drivers are 
>> available for Windows 95 through Vista, the various Mac OS versions, 
>> Linux, and who knows what?
>
> Ok, I finally got pulled into this debate; in the case of Linux and 
> most likely MacOS X, if the USB Chip is supported by the OS Kernel, 
> there won't be a problem. I know the FTDI chips are supported natively 
> in Linux (not sure what kernel version offhand) from reading it on 
> several Yahoo Groups that I'm in that are part of projects that use 
> that chipset.
>
> Matthew Pitts
> N8OHU
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