[Ham-Mac] Re: Virtual PC for ham apps

[Tom Dove]

Mike,

That is good news, indeed. I have an old version of MaxSea that I still 
run occasionally to check something on a chart. What I really need is 
an OSX chart reader that will read Outdoor Navigator format charts (for 
the Palm) and other Maptech formats. Maybe you could pass along that 
request to the MaxSea developers.

Keep me posted on this; navigation software is a big hole in the Mac 
library, and there are, after all, six million of us. I'll make sure 
such software gets some ink in Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Offshore 
Magazine when it comes out. Both publications are written and published 
entirely on Macs, as is Waterway Guide.

Sorry if this seems slightly OT for this group, but there are quite a 
few Mac-using sailor/hams.

-- 73 de Tom
Technical Editor
Chesapeake Bay Magazine

> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 19:29:56 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] Virtual PC for ham apps
> From: George Oswald <capnmike@w-link.net>
> To: ham-mac@mailman.qth.net
> Reply-To: ham-mac@mailman.qth.net
>
> Tom,
>
>
> On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 04:07 AM, Tom Dove wrote:
>
>> It appears that I'll be buying Virtual PC to run on my new iBook G4 in
>> order to test certain boating/navigational software that comes to me
>> for review in magazines,
>
> You should know that there is a small group that is working on the
> rewrite and port over to OSX of MaxSea.  MaxSea dropped the Mac
> Platform three years ago, however, there has been active negotiation
> between MaxSea principles and this new group. Secure your iBook for an
> exciting ride.
>
> Mike
> M.O. Marine & Co.