K2 - iMic for Digital Modes

[Phil Kane-2]

  Has anyone successfully used the iMic USB-Sound device for
  digital modes (or anything else) with the MS NT4 o/s?  I want
  to move my K2 digital stuff using the Rigblaster Plus interface
  from my main computer using XP (where the iMic works very well)
  to a separate computer using NT4.

  The manufacturer says that it's not supported under NT, but we
  know the ingenuity of Elecraft users, right?

--
   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402



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[Rick Kunath]

Phil Kane wrote:
>   Has anyone successfully used the iMic USB-Sound device for
>   digital modes (or anything else) with the MS NT4 o/s?  I want
>   to move my K2 digital stuff using the Rigblaster Plus interface
>   from my main computer using XP (where the iMic works very well)
>   to a separate computer using NT4.
>
>   The manufacturer says that it's not supported under NT, but we
>   know the ingenuity of Elecraft users, right?

I have to ask why you are needing to use NT?

But as to your USB sound card, as long as you can get the hardware
vendor to create the drivers for NT, you would be OK. Since the driver
model for NT is different from the operating systems that the iMic
currently says it supports, getting the device to operate under NT is
likely not going to be possible without vendor support for the EOL NT
operating system.

With devices like sound cards and USB interfaces, it's all about the
operating system (usually specific) drivers.

Rick Kunath

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[Phil Kane-2]

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:54:26 -0400, Rick Kunath wrote:

>I have to ask why you are needing to use NT?

  The obvious - it's a legitimate copy installed on an existing
  secondary machine which I use for my other hamming -- packet
  and APRS -- and I have no desire to buy yet another copy of XP
  or any other OS or a replacement machine.  I have too many in
  daily service as it is.

>But as to your USB sound card, as long as you can get the hardware
>vendor to create the drivers for NT, you would be OK.

  They didn't just say no, they said "he** no".  That to me is
  pretty definite!

>With devices like sound cards and USB interfaces, it's all about the
>operating system (usually specific) drivers.

  As I have found out over the years.

  Thanks for the reply.

--
   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402




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