While unfortunate, I, for one, am not surprised by this. The IRLP inner circle is very resistant to change, and seems quite happy to exist as they did in the 1990s. With the elimination of parallel ports in many newer computers, the reluctance to adopt a USB-based interface, and an unfriendly attitude toward other technologies, IRLP faces certain extinction. Personally, I believe the parallel board is being sold by Dave C until he runs out of stock. Not only does he sell these to hams, but also commercially (as ROIP). As some of you may know, I received a similar letter from Dave C. for publishing a compatible IRLP board schematic on my web site in 2008. He demanded that I remove the IRLP name from the schematic, so I did. It's now called a PLRI board. I just don't agree with the idea of selling $20 worth of parts to hams for $200, and the prohibition of homebrewed boards.. With the discontinuation of IRLP from app_rpt, is there any chance of legacy parallel port support? This might make it easier for IRLP stations to switch over to app_rpt.. It would be especially nice for the AUX1,2,3 ports, but I wouldn't complain if PTT and COS were also supported. Perhaps these stations could use their IRLP boards along with a "blob" USB fobs for audio only, since PTT and COS would be difficult to add? 73, Kyle K0KN --- Original Message --- From: Jim Duuuude Subject: [App_rpt-users] Discontinuance of IRLP support Per request of Dave Cameron, VE7LTD, support and functionality for IRLP connectivity is officially dropped from the app_rpt project. It is being removed from the SVN today, and will no longer be present in any further releases. If you have IRLP configured on your system, PLEASE REMOVE IT! Do NOT make any further connections into the IRLP network from an Allstar Link node (or anything else running app_rpt), as that is now officially against the rules on their network. Thank you for your cooperation. JIM WB6NIL
That would require supporting (and sanctioning the use of) built-in audio cards in PC's which SOUND LIKE POOP! No... not going to happen! There is a reason that Allstar audio sounds so good, and a good part of it is the quality of the audio interface used. JIM WB6NIL Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:26:42 -0700 From: yokshs@sbcglobal.net To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Subject: [App_rpt-users] (no subject) While unfortunate, I, for one, am not surprised by this. The IRLP inner circle is very resistant to change, and seems quite happy to exist as they did in the 1990s. With the elimination of parallel ports in many newer computers, the reluctance to adopt a USB-based interface, and an unfriendly attitude toward other technologies, IRLP faces certain extinction. Personally, I believe the parallel board is being sold by Dave C until he runs out of stock. Not only does he sell these to hams, but also commercially (as ROIP). As some of you may know, I received a similar letter from Dave C. for publishing a compatible IRLP board schematic on my web site in 2008. He demanded that I remove the IRLP name from the schematic, so I did. It's now called a PLRI board. I just don't agree with the idea of selling $20 worth of parts to hams for $200, and the prohibition of homebrewed boards.. With the discontinuation of IRLP from app_rpt, is there any chance of legacy parallel port support? This might make it easier for IRLP stations to switch over to app_rpt.. It would be especially nice for the AUX1,2,3 ports, but I wouldn't complain if PTT and COS were also supported. Perhaps these stations could use their IRLP boards along with a "blob" USB fobs for audio only, since PTT and COS would be difficult to add? 73, Kyle K0KN --- Original Message --- From: Jim Duuuude Subject: [App_rpt-users] Discontinuance of IRLP support Per request of Dave Cameron, VE7LTD, support and functionality for IRLP connectivity is officially dropped from the app_rpt project. It is being removed from the SVN today, and will no longer be present in any further releases. If you have IRLP configured on your system, PLEASE REMOVE IT! Do NOT make any further connections into the IRLP network from an Allstar Link node (or anything else running app_rpt), as that is now officially against the rules on their network. Thank you for your cooperation. JIM WB6NIL _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@qrvc.com http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
On Friday, October 22, 2010 07:33:20 pm Jim Duuuude wrote:
That would require supporting (and sanctioning the use of) built-in audio cards in PC's which SOUND LIKE POOP! No... not going to happen! There is a reason that Allstar audio sounds so good, and a good part of it is the quality of the audio interface used.
Speaking of audio quality, my incoming audio quality seems to be in the pooper now. I don't know why. I was trying to enable the ULAW codec and maybe I messed something up. I'm still looking for what I might have done to mess up incoming audio quality. I get frequent compliments on my outbound audio quality though! :D 8-Dale -- I can handle complexity. It's the simple things that confound me. Open your mind, Read, Learn, Think, Apply. 73, from NPKT! http://www.hybotics.com - NEW main site Just because we can, does it follow that we should?
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