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Yah, if it works... (archive)
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Posted by Max Fretter (NZ 87 735i) on February 24, 2002 at 02:48:07:

In Reply to: All we ever wanted .... posted by Fred 1988 735iL on February 23, 2002 at 23:35:00:

Sorry, but I'm just too cynical... I remember too clearly my first digital ham radio set. CPU was critical, but no diagnostics but the factory swap-in/swap-out. I know we've got the DME etc on the E32, but that's a fairly simple, standalone unit. I-Drive is so complex I'm wondering when the first virus will come out for it - and it's all "stateful" as we computer techies say - it REMEMBERS, long term. No simple power-off & it resets... seriously, where's the Zip drive to save all your configs? Who's going to bother saving all the 715 settings into their key-fob just to spend days to re-enter them if you lose your keys?

Some of the tech is probably good - eg valve-tronic, but it's a big capital gamble for any private buyer, IMHO. Even fleet-lease I'd make sure there was an exit-on-inoperability clause.

Max


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