[Ham-Mac] Virtual PC and Keyspan serial adapter

[Jonathan G0DVJ]

Dick,

I have in the past used various Macs running OSX with VPC5 and VPC6 
versions and a Keyspan Twin Serial Adapter.
These were when I had Jaguar (and poss. Panther) on my Macs. I have 
never tried VPC7+.   In each case the VPC version used W98 as the 
windows version.

I used SD (a contest logger) running in a DOS window in VPC on the Mac 
and controlled the radio via CAT on the serial port.
Trying to generate CW from the same software via the same ports didn't 
work but I think that was a consequence of the serial control lines not 
being consistent through all the cabling used.

I have used a windows program to control my antenna rotator via the 
serial port/adapter which worked fine.

I have also used LogEQF, a DOS based logging program, to work with CAT 
control of the frequency/mode on the radio and to communicate with a 
TNC for DX Cluster input/output.

I have used a GPS update utility from Garmin under Windows and VPC to 
download firmware updates to my GPS unit.

Lastly I have used UI-View, a Windows APRS system, to talk to a TNC for 
packets via the serial port  and GPS.

Oh and my wife has used VPC to run Brother Sewing Machine control / 
embroidery design software only available for Windows to edit on the 
Mac.

So I think you can say it is a little application-dependent.

73,
Jonathan G0DVJ
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On Jul 31, 2005, at 6:11 pm, Richard Hemingway wrote:

> I have a dual 2.0ghz Mac, and a Keyspan serial adapter.  I have been 
> thinking of buying Virtual PC 7.0 (now upgraded to 7.02) for use with 
> some ham programs.  I have seen quite a few reviews knocking VPC and 
> having problems with it working with the Keyspan serial adapter.  Has 
> anyone here been using or trying to use this combination??? Apparently 
> vers. 7.02 was for use with Tiger and fixing some bugs.
>
> Dick, N5XRD
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