[Elecraft] [K3] Wine & Update Software

[Julian G4ILO]

It's a fair point, Vic. But there are some very professional
developers out there in Elecraft user land, who understand the meaning
of the word "testing". Harnessing their expertise to produce loaders
for different platforms seems to me to be more practical than
expecting Elecraft to do it all themselves. I'm glad I use Windows
(and that isn't something I say very often! ) Mac and Linux users must
be feeling a bit left out at this point.

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On 10/14/07, Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com> wrote:
>
> The first version of the download software, which was written by Wayne
> in order to get the field testers functional, used C# and .net.
>
> The current version, which you will get, was written by a software
> developer (not that Wayne isn't a good programmer!), and does not use
> .net. Although as far as I know only a Windows version exists today, I
> am sure that the portability issue is receiving attention.
>
> The software needs to load several modules (for example, the MCU and the
> DSP code, possibly DSP code for the second rx, etc.) so it's not all
> that simple. They certainly don't want owners calling them and saying "I
> used xyz software to load my firmware and now the radio behaves like a
> brick". In that case, would it be fair for them to provide free support?
> Would the owner be happy if they asked him to pay for a fix?
> --
> 73,
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
>