[Elecraft] 32/64 bit...

[John Ragle]

Hi, Ian...

I know that most applications will run just fine on a 64-bit machine. I 
was worried about applications, e.g. add-in cards, that require separate 
drivers. Some that I have seen are marked that the driver is 32-bit only 
and that it won't run on the 64-bit machines. I have a couple of cards 
(PCIe) that claim not to run on 64-bit versions of WIN 7.

I would like to add that I am aware that general worries about WIN 7 are 
really long out-of-date (as it approaches obsolescence itself), but the 
future looks glum with a market dominated by WIN 8 Ultralites with touch 
screens. I use a Samsung Tablet 10.1 for common day-to-day applications, 
but cannot imagine using it for, e.g. PSK or JT stuff.

Your reaction?

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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Ian Kahn, KM4IK wrote:

John,

<snip> In theory, you shouldn't have any issue running older 32-bit 
applications on a Win7 x64 computer.  The 64-bit processors (and 
theoretically the OS) are designed to handle running 32-bit 
applications, albeit slightly less efficiently than 64-bit apps. </snip>

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