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Subject: Re: USB interface standard
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <WA8LMF2@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 18:36:03 -0700
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Scott Miller wrote on 5/13/2004, 4:10 PM:
>AGWPE does a great job of
>providing similar services for Windows. Get direct USB support in
>these two
>systems, eliminating the need for TNC designers to write and maintain
>host
>drivers, and you open the door to a whole lot of new hardware
>possibilities.
I don't think this is very far off for AGW! Have you seen the banner at
the top of the AGW website recently?
http://www.elcom.gr/sv2agw/
The banner is for a USB-interfaced $100 TNC and links to:
http://www.elcom.gr/sv2agw/tnc.htm
Sounds like a really neat device with the ability to power itself off
the USB interface, KISS mode operation, dedicated GPS port with the
ability to run as a standalone tracker, standalone digipeater mode, etc.
Sounds a a bit like a TNC-X on steroids.
This may be the real solution for "legacy-free" laptops with no serial ports.
Presumably, the AGW Packet Engine software will be updated to accommodate
this USB device.
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