[Ham-Mac] quadra 630 software

[Philip]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:26:39 -0400
Chris wrote:

> Here's the scoop: MultiMode only runs on PowerPC Macs. You're getting
> an out of memory error most likely because you are running on an older
> Mac, that probably has no idea how to handle a PPC only application.
> 
> You want to use it for CW, RTTY, and PSK31. If you just want to use CW
> and RTTY, you could connect a TNC (which you can also find very used,
> they aren't being used much any more, MFJ made a bunch of them). I
> don't know that you will find one that does PSK31 however.
> 
> You could go over to the Dark Side, and get an old PC, say a 486, run
> DOS on it, build a hamcomm style modem, and use that. Again, for CW
> and RTTY, not PSK31. This technique was very popular on DOS systems,
> but could never work on the Mac, since an application is not allowed
> to hog the system 100% of the time to monitor the serial port looking
> for zero crossings on a Mac.

Another option is the "other OS", Linux. I'm reluctant to mention it on
this list, but there are distributions that will run on Mac hardware. I
think the kenel that Debian uses will only run on a PPC, but I'm fairly
sure that there are others that will run on the older machine. That
said, if you want a fancy GUI it will be _S_L_O_W_ on an older machine -
but if can be satified with the text console performance if quite
reasonable.

Then, the price of development tools is free - just like the OS.

One caution, going from MAC 7.6 to Linux is a steeeeeep learning
curve!!! I would recommend finding a friendly, local guru to help easy
the climb. 


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                Philip
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