[Ham-Mac] Fwd: Winlink for the Mac

[Dan Blasberg]

Hey folks,

Here is a reply i got from Rick Muething who is on the Winlink 
Committee.

Is anyone able to pick this up and run with it?

Dan
KA8YPY


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Rick Muething" <rmuething at cfl.rr.com>
> Date: July 26, 2004 10:20:31 AM EDT
> To: <k4cjx at comcast.net>, <blasberg at verizon.net>
> Cc: "Vic Poor W5SMM" <vpoor at cfl.rr.com>
> Subject: RE: Winlink for the Mac
>
> Dan,
>
> First of all you will for the most part not be running the Winlink code
> itself but rather Clients (AirMail and Paclink) and possibly Telpac (a
> Packet Telnet bridge).
>
> AirMail has been used successfully using the Win Emulator on the Mac 
> (though
> it is sluggish)
> Paclink and Telpac MAY be able to use the Win emulator but I am not 
> sure
> anyone has tried it. Since Paclink uses .NET I rather doubt it.
>
> The issue here Dan is resources.  We have 2 or 3 programmers coding 
> all of
> Winlink (there are some 30+ modules in the PMBO and CMBO you normally 
> do NOT
> see or run) along with the Client applications. The PCs running 
> windows are
> about 95% of all installed computers so they get the lion share of the 
> time.
>
> If you would be willing to try to run the above apps on the Mac Win 
> emulator
> and report your findings that would be great. If you would be willing 
> to
> port the Paclink, Telpac or AirMail clients over to Mac or Linux that 
> would
> be great too...it is NOT a trivial job.
>
> The alternative is to put PCs on the network to handle the Telpac and
> Paclink nodes. Paclink can still interface with Mac mail servers 
> without any
> problem.  A PC to run these applications can be a bottom end machine 
> running
> Win XP...probably about $300-400 today. You might be able to save that 
> much
> by using old TNCs you have that are supported by the Paclink AGW 
> program.
>
> 73,
>
> Rick KN6KB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k4cjx at comcast.net [mailto:k4cjx at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: Rick Muething, KN6KB
> Cc: Vic Poor W5SMM
> Subject: FW: Winlink for the Mac
>
>
> Rick,
>
> Please respond.
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blasberg at verizon.net [mailto:blasberg at verizon.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 08:53
> To: k4cjx at comcast.net
> Subject: Winlink for the Mac
>
>
> Steve,
>
> Our ARES group runs Mac Machines for computers. Is there a version of
> Winlink, Telepac and Paclink for the Mac?
>
> If not, what would be needed to get a copy of the code for these items 
> so
> that they could be ported over to the Mac?
>
> The Director of EM for our county will not support any Windows machine 
> on
> his network, and since Winlink and Telepac are now blessed and being 
> pushed
> to be used by ARRL for ARES Communications, I need a Mac version to 
> support
> my served agency.
>
> Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Dan Blasberg
> KA8YPY
> AEC for Operations
> Prince George's County Maryland
>
>
>
>