[Elecraft] kx2 utility for linux on Raspberry Pi

[Bill Frantz]

It looks like gemu might work to run the utilities on a Pi. My 
experience with running Windows on a PowerPC Macintosh was that 
if the program wasn't too CPU intensive, the experience was only 
a little lethargic. Running photoshop was like watching paint 
dry. It's certainly worth a try.

Assuming gemu is not satisfactory, and given that Elecraft does 
not want to open source the utilities, I can see some options:

* Leave things as they are. People who use Pi based portable 
systems have to hope they don't need the utilities while away 
from their Intel based computer. Or carry extra stuff.

* Add a Linux ARM utility to the mix using their current 
resources. This option would probably be fairly easy, since most 
Linux just programs compile for both CPU architectures. There 
would still be extra testing needed.

* Look for a volunteer who will maintain the Linux ARM utilities 
under NDA.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 4/8/17 at 5:00 AM, elecraft at mailman.qth.net (AE0MM via 
Elecraft) wrote:

>The Raspberry Pi line of computers use ARM-based CPUs. I'm not aware of an emulator that would allow

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