[Ham-Mac] quadra 630 software

[Chris Smolinski]

>On 10/11/02 21:10, "Carl Menne" <cmenne@seidata.com> wrote:
>3) For me, OSX has been a wonderful, wonderful improvement. In over a year,
>I have crashed MAYBE five times. Our entire office (sixteen people) have
>converted to OSX and everyone prefers it to the older systems.)

I've actually yet to get a crash under OSX in almost 2 years. There is
truly no going back ;-)

>I think your statement that "there isn't any money in writing for the few
>thousands" of old machines is not logical. The older machines can't support
>current requirements. Software already exists in some cases for the older
>machines. The REAL challenge, as Don and Chris already know, is in
>developing software for a NEW OS (OSX) when most hams are still using older
>systems. You must be a real leader to do this.

I thought it would be interesting to share some download statistics with
everyone. For my ham radio programs, excluding MultiMode (where the OSX
version  is still in development), two thirds of downloads are for the OSX
version. For my non ham programs, it isn't even close, around 85% of the
downloads are for the OSX version. For these programs, the OSX and PPC
versions are essentially identical in features. The active Mac users are
the OSX users.

I dropped 68k support for my programs between 1 and 2 years ago, when the
download rate went below 1%. Plus, the latest development tools
(CodeWarrior and RealBasic) no longer support 68k builds. I'll probably
continue to support non OSX PPP systems for the next year or two, maybe
longer. I don't plan on dropping support until I have to, most likely when
the feature support just isn't there.

>BTW - I used Don Agro's MacDopplerPro X under OSX. It is a WONDERFUL program
>and absolutely required if you are interested in the satellites, but I can't
>imagine trying to run a program that complex on an old system! It simply
>would not be possible.

MacDopplerPro is indeed a great program. If you have any interest in either
the OSCAR or POES weather satellites, it is a must have.


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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
Macintosh Software
GM-10 Radiation detection system