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> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:21:35 -0400<BR>> From: Joe - AB1DO <ab1do@optonline.net><BR>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Mercury - Alpha 3 results<BR>> To: hpsdr@lists.hpsdr.org<BR>> Message-ID: <005101c91a63$06f89a50$1a01a8c0@AB1DOComp><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;<BR>> reply-type=response<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On another note, I just read on the Flex reflector that the USB to parallel <BR>> adapter for the SDR-1000 won't work under vista, because there is no vista <BR>> version of the USBIO driver. It struck me that we use the same driver for <BR>> Ozy and that therefore the same then holds.. Is this true? What about <BR>> LibUSB? In the manual, should we revert back to advising to install LibUSB <BR>> instead?<BR>> <BR>> It would be a shame to end up with a state-of-the-art transceiver, kind of <BR>> stuck in an aging operating system (and no, I'm no fan of vista, but it will <BR>> be unavoidable as computers get updated. Not many people own a non-oem <BR>> version of XP).<BR>> <BR>> 73 de Joe - AB1DO<BR><BR>
It seems that LibUSB still causes some crashes in Vista-32 when the system hibernates or powers down. It does seem that with enough jumping through hoops it can be successfully installed.<BR>
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There's no planned Vista-64 version of libusb. Vista-64 was slow getting out of the gate, but now accounts for 20% of the hits from Vista computers at Microsoft's web site.<BR>
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Soon, it will be time to decide how HPSDR supports 64 bits. The options I see are:<BR>
- WinUSB<BR>
- Cypress (who will have a 64 bit CyUSB driver in 1 month)<BR>
- FTDI<BR>
- Hope someone in HPSDR-land or Libusb-land can compile a 64 bit libusb and get it WHQL-certified. (Costs money, $400 I believe)<BR>
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Yes, all the answers are a pain as the first three would require an API change with significant code re-writing and the fourth requires more time, expertise, Microsoft certification and money.<BR>
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Chuck<BR></body>
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