[Ham-Mac] Paclink software for Linux/Mac

[Lew Phelps K6LMP]

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I queried N2QZ regarding the  
status of his port of Paclink to the Linux platform. Following is my  
query and his reply.  I am not a programmer myself (sorry, Don!) so I  
cannot help directly.  But if there are people on this list who know  
how to program in Linux and would be willing to help, perhaps you  
could get in touch with N2QZ directly.  His email address is [his  
callsign] (at) arrl.net  (email address not expressed directly to  
protect him from spam).

Nick, thanks for your work on this!  Let's hope we can find you some  
programming colleagues here.

73

Lew K6LMP


Begin forwarded message:

>
> Lew Phelps K6LMP wrote:
>> Greetings. I am part of a discussion group on Yahoo of ham radio   
>> operators who use Mac computers.  There's been a thread running  
>> about  Winlink 2000.  From what I can tell reading the WL2K FAQ,  
>> it would be  possible to access the Winlink systm using any email  
>> program, so long  as your computer has a program (driver?) that  
>> will provide a packet  radio port.
>> The WL2K FAQ indicates that you are "working on" such a program  
>> for  Linux.  Obviously, it could also be applied to any Mac  
>> running OS X,  either by running Linux directly (which the Mac  
>> will do natively) or  by adapting the software so that it could be  
>> installed and talk  directly to OS X.
>> I'd be grateful if you could let me know if his project is still   
>> alive, and if so, where you stand in development of the  
>> software.   There may be other Mac ham users out there who could  
>> help move the  project forward. (I am not adept at progrmaming,s o  
>> I am not among  them.)
>
> It's still in progress, but moving slowly.  If you know other  
> serious programmers who could take on specific tasks, let me know.
>
> Mac OS X is not being specifically targeted at this time, since I  
> don't have access to the platform.  But my understanding is that  
> it's basically a FreeBSD system with a Mac GUI layered on top.  If  
> so, it should be relatively simple to port the project to Max OS X  
> once it is running elsewhere.
>
> -- 
> 73 de Nick N2QZ
> Section Traffic Manager, Eastern New York Section
> FISTS #11469
> SKCC #1027