[Info-vax] FTDI driver for windows

[Dave Froble]

On 6/18/2019 9:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw at qsl.net_work> wrote:
>> On 6/18/2019 7:57 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> The problem is in WEENDOZE.  The USB is an FTDI chip.  When I plug in the
>>> altimeter, WEENDOZE proclaims a new device.  Then, WEENDOZE claims that
>>> it's gone.  Then, it proclaims a new device.  Lather, rinse, repeat.  All
>>> of this is before ever launching the software to download any data.
>
> This is the standard behaviour of a counterfeit FTDI device.  The windows
> driver is written by FTDI and will deliberately shut down counterfeits.
>
> You may blame Windows for this, but it's doing exactly what it was designed
> to do.
> --scott
>

This reminds me of the Intel compilers that would check the CPU, and 
slow down when running on AMD CPUs.

The end user won't know what components are used, and is an innocent 
victim of such practices.  Personally, while I might understand, I feel 
that it's a rather poor practice.  Vendors like that are to be avoided.

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