[Elecraft] Windows Emulator

Wed Oct 12 14:00:27 EDT 2016

Virtualization is the way to go.

I've not used VirtualBox, but have friends who have great success.

Virtualization has some big advantages:

You can isolate different things you do to different virtual machines.  
Probably the best example of that is to keep your financials away from 
general browsing and E-Mail where you might encounter viruses or trojans.

You can always experiment with downloaded software in a VM and destroy 
the VM if you think the download did more than you expect.

When you replace a computer, all of the VMs are just a set of files that 
can be copied to your new computer.

73 -- Lynn

On 10/12/2016 9:50 AM, James Bennett wrote:
> Ted, John, et al -
>
> Don’t give up! As John said, there are several options. I’ve never used the Oracle product, but for quite a few years I’ve been running the VMWare product called Fusion. Currently running on a 27” late 2012 iMac with 8GB RAM. I have several Ubuntu Linux guests in addition to a Windows 10 guest that run on this setup. I’ve got quite a few Windows-only applications that I use the Win10 guest for. In all these years I’ve never come across an application that would not run as a guest under Fusion. I’ve got the applications on the ARRL Handbook and Antenna book, EZnec, and the software that controls my AIM-4170 antenna analyzer, in addition to other applications - all work fine.
>
> My logging is done on the Mac OS side - I use MacLoggerDX. Several months back I built a couple little SDR rigs and drove them with software running on both Windows and Linux. I used a logging program called CQRlog for logging those QSO’s. It was a simple matter to export the ADIF records from CQRlog and put them into MLDX when I was done operating the SDR.
>
> Give Fusion a shot - works great!
>
> 73, Jim / W6JHB
> Folsom, CA
>
>
>> On   Wednesday, Oct 12, 2016, at  Wednesday, 9:30 AM, John <john at eeek.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> 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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