<p dir="ltr">I bought an old Acer netbook for next to nothing just for that purpose.  Runs Linux and chirp fine.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks,<br>
David, <a href="mailto:kd7uch@arrl.net">kd7uch@arrl.net</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 17, 2015 11:03 AM, &quot;Gary Runningbear&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:runningbear2000@gmail.com">runningbear2000@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Also if anybody is interested I found an 8 inch tablet I believe it was the runs Windows and Android both. I thought that was especially unique so I&#39;m going to keep my eye on that one as well.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 17, 2015 11:55 AM, &quot;Kenneth L. Bechtel, II&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:kbechtel@teamanti-virus.org" target="_blank">kbechtel@teamanti-virus.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Yes,  My Asus convertible runs chirp handily.  I’ve been using it for a year now, and recently updated it to Win10, It supports my activities in RACES/ARES as well as a Communications officer with the Local Search and Rescue team.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary Runningbear<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 17, 2015 11:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of CHIRP<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [chirp_users] Chirp on Android<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Paulo, are you saying that it is not likely that software will never be developed for Android? That would be quite disappointing if so. I wonder are there any tablets that run Windows! would it work that way?<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Nov 17, 2015 11:43 AM, &quot;RavenMaster&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:ravenmaster@sapo.pt" target="_blank">ravenmaster@sapo.pt</a>&gt; wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Not really. You already have drivers for SDR, USB to RS232 adapters, and<br>so on.<br>It&#39;s just a matter of the type of radio (driver on cable or on radio)<br>and the driver used. If it recognizes it as an COM port, it should work.<br>The software is the tricky part.<br><br>73,<br>Paulo a.k.a. RavenMaster<br><br>&gt; Oh what fun it&#39;ll be to port CHIRP (written in Python) to either Android/IOS.<br>&gt; Biggest problem will be communicating between device and radio - just<br>&gt; like it is with Windows/OS X<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 17 November 2015 at 16:29, Gary Runningbear<br>&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:runningbear2000@gmail.com" target="_blank">runningbear2000@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;&gt; Calling all app developers! Please, please develop some software so that we<br>&gt;&gt; can use chirp with our Android phones and tablets so that we can take<br>&gt;&gt; massive programming of the radios into the field where it is needed the<br>&gt;&gt; most. Please! It would be so helpful to us. thank you.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt;&gt; chirp_users mailing list<br>&gt;&gt; <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>&gt;&gt; <a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>&gt;&gt; To unsubscribe, send an email to<br>&gt;&gt; <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; chirp_users mailing list<br>&gt; <a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br>&gt; <a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>&gt; To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><br><a href="http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users" target="_blank">http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</a><br>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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