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Barry Simpson

Re: KUSB - Urgent

Good afternoon (it's Sunday afternoon and 35 degrees C here)

Please see my email below - panic over !!

I trawled through the websites of various local computer and electronics
suppliers and found that Jaycar - a big Australian electronic parts
retailer with lots of branches - apparently had a USB to Serial convertor
that works with Windows 8 and 8.1.

So I just went and bought one and lo and behold it was absolutely plug and
play. The K3 and Windows 8.1 are playing happily together again.

Interestingly the convertor appears to have a Prolific chip as the Jaycar
website has a link (from the details of this particular item) to Prolific
where details of all the various Prolific chips are shown together with
their compatability with the various versions of Windows.

I am also forwarding this to the reflector in case any of my VK friends are
having similar problems.

73

Barry VK2BJ

On 25 October 2014 18:28, Barry Simpson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Good afternoon
>
> My Prolific KUSB has been working satisfactorily for years with various
> computers up to and including Windows 7.
>
> However, I have just bought a small Windows 8 laptop to take on holiday
> for use with my K3 and the KUSB won't work with it.
>
> I think that your new KUSB's with the FTDI chips do work with Windows 8.
> If this is the case, how quickly can you ship one to me by the fastest air
> mail possible as I am going on holiday in just over two weeks.
>
> I await your urgent reply.
>
> 73
>
> Barry Simpson VK2BJ
>

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Phil Wheeler-2

Re: KUSB - Urgent

Hi, Lisa --

I've been using the various Elecraft rigs and
accessories (K3, KX3, P3, KPA500, KAT500) with a
Windows 8.1 computer starting in March of this
year. I believe I'm using only Elecraft-provided
FTDI USB-RS232 converters (there may be one in the
mix from Amazon, also FTDI) and I've had no
problems running Windows 8.1 and interfacing with
my Elecraft hardware at any time.

73, Phil W7OX

On 10/25/14 9:26 PM, Barry Simpson wrote:

> Good afternoon (it's Sunday afternoon and 35 degrees C here)
>
> Please see my email below - panic over !!
>
> I trawled through the websites of various local computer and electronics
> suppliers and found that Jaycar - a big Australian electronic parts
> retailer with lots of branches - apparently had a USB to Serial convertor
> that works with Windows 8 and 8.1.
>
> So I just went and bought one and lo and behold it was absolutely plug and
> play. The K3 and Windows 8.1 are playing happily together again.
>
> Interestingly the convertor appears to have a Prolific chip as the Jaycar
> website has a link (from the details of this particular item) to Prolific
> where details of all the various Prolific chips are shown together with
> their compatability with the various versions of Windows.
>
> I am also forwarding this to the reflector in case any of my VK friends are
> having similar problems.
>
> 73
>
> Barry VK2BJ
>
> On 25 October 2014 18:28, Barry Simpson <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon
>>
>> My Prolific KUSB has been working satisfactorily for years with various
>> computers up to and including Windows 7.
>>
>> However, I have just bought a small Windows 8 laptop to take on holiday
>> for use with my K3 and the KUSB won't work with it.
>>
>> I think that your new KUSB's with the FTDI chips do work with Windows 8.
>> If this is the case, how quickly can you ship one to me by the fastest air
>> mail possible as I am going on holiday in just over two weeks.
>>
>> I await your urgent reply.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Barry Simpson VK2BJ