[Elecraft] Shack PC and/or portable use

[David Cutter]

I fancy using the K3 on field days and mini-dxpeditions.  I also fancy the 
new line of small Asus computers which come with Linux installed.  They have 
no hard drive therefore run longer on a standard battery.  It has a set of 
drivers for Windoze applications should I wish to install at a later date, 
but someone once said there is an emulator for running Windoze applications 
which therefore does not require a licence from Bill; someone might be able 
to comment on that.

They come with Connectors: 3 USB 2.0 ports, MMC/SD (HC) card reader, 
Ethernet port,

Here are some links

Asus Eee PC, the 4GB version. 1024MB of Ram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=veriton

In answer to Doug KR2Q appeal for more info on the same subject, he was 
advised that a dual core cpu was a better investment over Pentium but the 
software has to be able to take advantage of the dual power.

Then, again I like what Julian says about using old computers.


David
G3UNA


 Julian, G4ILO said

> The only computers I use in the shack are ones that are too clapped out to
> do anything else. I still have one 10 year old Dell Pentium II 400MHz 
> doing
> weather satellite reception. Most ham radio software is not particularly
> demanding though the controversial CW Skimmer needs quite a powerful CPU,
> apparently.
>
> I now use Linux, and it just seems appropriate to me to be using an OS
> largely developed by amateur enthusiasts for amateur radio. (In fact, I 
> have
> now converted all our home and office computers to Linux, as I loathe 
> Vista
> and have no desire ever to use it.)
>
> However the choice of ham radio software available under Linux is quite
> limited compared to Windows, and it helps to be a bit of a computer techie
> to be able to overcome the various hurdles one usually encounters with
> Linux.
>
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