[hpsdr] Ozy/Magister will likely stop working on Win10 in about 60 days

[John Ackermann N8UR]

George, I'd chip in toward the project as well.

73,
John
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On 08/31/2016 07:13 PM, Mike Stipick wrote:
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> George,
> Guess I missed the email call for donations for Ozy/Magister.  I have 3 and
> would like to continue to use them. I would be glad to throw in $100 or so
> if needed. It would be a lot cheaper than buying more Metis cards. Hopefully
> we will only use standard industry drivers in the future.
>
> Mike Stipick - KC4RI
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> Member ARRL, AMSAT, SVHFS,TAPR
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hpsdr [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of George
> Byrkit
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:55 PM
> To: 'Jeffrie Cook' <jeffrie at talktalk.net>; hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Ozy/Magister will likely stop working on Win10 in about
> 60 days
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> Dear Jeff,
> I've asked for a show of hands, and so far, other than me (I have 2 Ozies
> but don't really use them, except for testing KISS Konsole on occasion),
> I've heard from 4 other people who admit to using an Ozy or Magister.  And
> that they would be willing to put up a little dosh to help fund the
> certificate needed.
>
> Now things aren't totally dire.  For example, if you are not running Windows
> 10 on your 'ham computer', and have no intention of upgrading to Windows 10
> there, you will not have a problem.  If your computer running Windows 10 is
> an older computer, and does NOT have 'secure boot' as a BIOS feature, or it
> is disabled, we think that you likely won't have a problem.
>
> I understand the price of a Metis board, as I own two.
>
> Frankly, unless some totally generous person comes forward with a major
> donation (you could send it to TAPR as a donation, earmarked for the Code
> Signing EV certificate, and if a US taxpayer, get a deduction for donating
> to a 501(c)3 organization), it would be hard to justify anyone spending the
> money to sign the Ozy drivers anew and get them countersigned by Microsoft,
> so they 'just work'.  We would keep the current drivers for people on Vista,
> 7, 8, and 8.1 versions of Windows, because they might not accept the new way
> of signing (sigh...)
>
> Alternatively, someone with access to a Code Signing EV cert at work could
> work with us to sign the driver package, and submit to Microsoft to get the
> driver signed.  Total cost to anyone: $0.  But we don't know who that person
> is at this time!
>
> Jeff, send me your callsign privately by separate email.  I'm trying to keep
> a list myself of interested parties.
>
> 73,
> George K9TRV
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Cook
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 4:32 PM
> To: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> Subject: [hpsdr] Ozy/Magister will likely stop working on Win10 in about 60
> days
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