[chirp_users] Baofeng 888s cable issue

[sreeb]

No real way to know.

Even if you were to dismantle the cable, the chip is probably marked as 
the real thing.

One of  the reasons that there are so many fakes is that they get into 
the distribution system so that even manufactures that want to use real 
chips may fail.


On 11/20/2016 7:37 PM, Garth Robinson wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> ..... so, how can one guarantee ( without dismantling the cable ) that 
> there is a genuine chip within the cable? I'm even suspect of the 
> Baofeng cables.
>
> Garth. zl1tue  ..... an still shakin'
>
>
> On 11/19/2016 11:14 AM, Jim Unroe wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Garth Robinson<soundtek at vodafone.co.nz>  wrote:
>>> Hi, s'cuse me butting in but.......
>>>
>>>          will these work under windoze 10 ?
>>>
>>> I noticed that the webpage only mentioned xp, vista, 2000, win7 etc.  in
>>> other words do you still have to use the backdated driver?
>>>
>>>
>>> Garth,  zl1 tue
>>>
>> When using a Prolific type chip based programming cable with Windows,
>> you might as well count on using the backdated driver because the
>> majority of these chips are counterfeit. The device driver auto
>> installed by Windows has been incompatible with counterfeit chips
>> since around 2008. The backdated driver will work no matter if the
>> chip is genuine or not.
>>
>> V2.0.2.1: Windows XP
>> V3.2.0.0: Windows Vista, 2000, 7, 8.x and 10
>>
>> Both drivers can be obtained from links on the miklor.com website.
>>
>> Jim KC9HI
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