[Info-vax] FTDI driver for windows

[Scott Dorsey]

Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>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.

I think it would be best to blame the counterfeiter rather than the vendor.
--scott
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