I understand what you are saying, but an PDA IS a computer! Perhaps not what you may think of as a PC or Mac, but they are computers. As is the K3! Ok, the K3 is not a general purpose computer - you can't do spreadsheets on it (yet!), but it has firmware and processors etc - it's a computer.
One definition (there are many): A programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a computer are: • It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner. • It can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program). 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident? -Norma [Children's Letters to God, 1991] On 21 May 2009, at 17:41, pd0psb wrote: > How about a small Palmtop application that can just generate PSK31 / > RTTY / > CW but leaves the decoding to the K3? This would make K3 a true > field-data > TRX without the need for a computer. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
