Fwd: Re: [Acoustics] Policy memo on using Winriver 10.06??

[Kevin Oberg]

The second to the last sentence in the first paragraph of the previous 
posting should read

"We could NOT trace it to specific kinds of laptops, OS's, etc."

Kevin


>Hank:
>
>The WinRiver 10.06 memo was not released by OSW.  About the time that the 
>memo was to go out (some time late last spring) we had several reports of 
>problems using WinRiver with GPS.  We wanted to wait to see if this was a 
>software problem, or something else.  Some users indicated that by using 
>an earlier version of WinRiver, the problem disappeared.  However, we were 
>not able to reproduce this problem, no matter what we did.  We could trace 
>it to specific kinds of laptops, OS's, etc.  It proved to be quite a 
>difficult problem to track down.
>
>Recently Dave Mueller has determined that in quite a few instances, the 
>reported problems were caused by use of a new SocketIO serial PCMCIA 
>card.  See 
>http://simon.er.usgs.gov/pipermail/acoustics/2005q1/001666.html.  We don't 
>say that we've 'solved' _all_ the reported problems, but we have confirmed 
>that many of the reported problems could be traced to use of this 
>card.  Therefore, we feel much better about releasing the memo.  Of 
>course, in practice, I think most people in the USGS are already using 
>WinRiver 10.06 .
>
>I have forwarded the memo to the HAWG again for a final OK prior to 
>releasing it.  OSW has already reviewed it and approved it, so it should 
>be released shortly.  If you want a copy of the draft - let me know.
>
>Kevin


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Kevin Oberg
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