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Re: Memory battery???
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks for the info Doug. I suspected that uSoft might have grown unwieldy as a company. Certainly Apple has blown it any number of times. I won¡¯t even go into my struggles with that weak sister MagSafe power connector. It is telling that my neighbor, who has loaned me this shiny new W10 machine also is offering to sell it to me for $100 as he is staying wth his W7 one. Hmm.I¡¯m seriously considering a project to A: Teach myself Python and B: cobble together some cross platform software for my own use. I have a servo motor system on my astronomical telescope that must be programmed from an external PC. Right now the only software is Windows. And I¡¯m going through very similar struggles with it. It seems that uSoft has teemed up with a supplier of USB to serial dongles to block the operation of pirate units. I didn¡¯t know that and have gone through a week of hell thinking it was my doltishness with Windows (It still may be!). I¡¯ll see about experimenting with terminal to radio communication with this cord. I have an IC-706 sitting here that I use for maritime mobile use and I think I have the cabling. I¡¯m pretty sure that this DB-9 to 1/8¡± cable came with the 5105 though, as you mention, there was no wall wart. And MFJ did offer to upgrade my rig for free except for return shipping. I am going through some fussing trying to get an 8 pin to 6 pin cable wired right so that I can connect my WOLPHI android box to the 5105. For my grab and go box, using my android phone to do digital modes is a very attractive and compact solution. I¡¯m doing it now with good technical success just using aural coupling. Holding the phone up to the mic or speaker as needed. Getting and sending good copy. It¡¯s just physically inconvenient. i recommend checking out his suite of PSK, WeFax and SSTV software as well as hardware solutions. Communicating with him can be problematic as this stuff is a second job. Even this android combination is subject to mission creep as I¡¯m tempted to take along my 10¡± tablet and then along comes my small folding blue tooth keyboard and pretty soon the whole shack! Must be on guard always! As an economic issue, the el cheapo outlet chain, Harbor Freight, has a clone of the Pelican box for a fraction of the cost. I¡¯m sure there are tradeoffs but so far I¡¯ve had no dust or moisture intrusion. Comparing their Apache cases with Equivalent Pelican one is startling as the price is one third as much. Happy New year to all. It's blowing half of a gale and raining up here in the San Juan islands. Mike
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