[Elecraft] Windows Emulator

[John]

Hi Ted,

I wouldn't bother with an 'emulator' as such, instead what I'd do is go and grab some virtualisation software (personally I use Oracle's Virtualbox), and install a full copy of Windows inside that. You can then install whatever apps you like (as long as they aren't too graphics-hungry), and give that machine 'direct access' to whatever hardware devices you need to - serial ports, USB ports etc.

I'm not, as it happens, aware of any 'emulators' that let you run individual apps as if they were running in Windows, but a VM is cleaner (and you'll not have issues with drivers because every device becomes a generic device once the VM hypervisor starts passing it through).

73, and a firm left handshake,
John (XLX)

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, Edward
Sent: 12 October 2016 17:21
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I give up.

I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of logging programs I’d like to try.

It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.

Advice?  Thanks in advance,

Ted, KN1CBR

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