[chirp_users] Windows 11

[Martin Cooper]

They could, perhaps, read the message footer in any message and then click
on the "Searchable archive" link. :-)

Martin.
KD6YAM

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 8:11 PM <pizzi.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> How does one (easily) search the archives for a question?
>
> Surely, you don't expect people to download the archive files and grep
> them?
> Nor, I hope, do you expect someone to open each month's archive to see if
> any of the threads or subjects match the question?
>
> Joe Pizzi
> KI5LST
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
> <chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com> On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn
> G8IFF/W8IFF
> Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 4:28 PM
> To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>; Al Jones
> <al at aljones.us>
> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Windows 11
>
> It surprises me, although it shouldn't, the number of people who ask the
> same question that's been asked and answered numerous times and is in the
> group archives, but then it's easier to be lazy and ask it again than do
> your own research and look to see if someone in the past has had the same
> question answered.
>
> > On 05/04/2023 20:39 GMT Al Jones <al at aljones.us> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Nigel, et al, personally it gets to be insulting to me (and others,
> > probably) when you all come back with "Get a real FTDI" chip.  I've been
> > around ham radio since I was a teen (more as a SWL) but when I bought my
> > first cable it was, of course, a counterfeit chip and I needed to
> > install the older Prolific driver ... I didn't find out anything about
> > the chips and the drivers till Windows did an update and wiped out the
> > driver loaded by the company software.
> > I'd guess that most of the people who are asking "Why doesn't this
> > work?" already have spent money on a cable and are only now finding that
> > things aren't as straightforward as it should be ... if they'd bought
> > the right cable in the fist place.  It's a lot more pleasant experience
> > to help them solve their problems rather than infer they didn't do their
> > homework before they even knew there was a problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------ Original Message ------
> > >From "Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel at ngunn.net>
> > To "Dave B" <g8kbvdave at googlemail.com>; "Dave B via chirp_users"
> > <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> > Date 4/5/2023 15:18:42
> > Subject Re: [chirp_users] Windows 11
> >
> > >You don't need to look else where.
> > >Buy direct from the FTDI website.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>  On 05/04/2023 19:26 GMT Dave B via chirp_users
> <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >...
> > >>
> > >>  Buy a proper "Genuine" FTDI based cable. No more problems after that.
> > >>
> > >>  If your supplier/seller cannot guarantee a genuine FTDI based
> product,
> > >>  look elsewhere. (Or build the cable assembly yourself.)
> > >
> > >Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366
> > >Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel at ngunn.net www
> http://www.ngunn.net
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