[Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

[Ken G Kopp]

Whew!

Good news!

As I set here waiting for a computer tech to arrive and fix my Windows 10
shack computer....

73

K0PP

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 13:28 Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio.
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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> > On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > PLEASE!  No operating system embedded in the radio.  Almost like ice
> cream, there is more than one flavor.
> >
> > As to Windows 10 updates, configure for automatic, let it do its thing,
> and don't mess with the parameters.  It is so easy and reliable.  Don't
> make it complicated by trying to run it yourself.
> >
> > You also need to maintain a "clean" computer with regular Cache and
> Registry cleaning.  Leftover and fragments may over ride new updates.  Also
> Virus and Malware issues may interfere with correct operation.
> >
> > Bob, K4TAX
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Apr 16, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Robert Rennard via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I believe that putting WIN10 hardware in the radio will be a benefit to
> the OEM.  It will make the radio become obsolete faster and allow more
> sales for upgrades.
> >>
> >> Maestro, SunSDR, and Anan MK II radios all have Win10 PCs embedded.
> Those radios’ embedded PCs are all obsolete already.
> >> Consider how much pain it is to deal with Windows 10 updates.  I am
> sure the radio OEMs are paranoid, or at least I would be were I one of
> them.  When you have a widely deployed product that suddenly stops working
> because of an update, the pain is intense and expensive to cure.
> >>
> >> How about an Intel NUC instead of a PC ?   They were used on Heard and
> Ducie rather than using laptops.   Even NUCs do not support IPA 4K
> monitors, yet.
> >>
> >> Bob R
> >>
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