[Ham-Mac] Winlink on A Mac?

[Don and Patricia Allen]

Hi Steve,

Thank you for your reply.

So maybe my computer could run software the program for Kantronics TNCs?

I'm glad Jim Nedbalek replied to you.  I hope he gets time to work on 
this.

Yes, nice to get back to your roots!

This all gets so complicated!

Cheers to you!  And 73!

Patricia

On Jun 12, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Steve Hellyer wrote:

> Hi Patricia,
>
> Not 100% sure what you mean by workings.  The processors are quite 
> different.  G5 PPC is made by IBM.  Intel Duo Core is made by well.. 
> Intel. :-) At a very basic level the workings are similar. In the same 
> way I guess as a gasoline engine is the same as a propane engine. 
> Performs same function but do it in slightly different ways.
>
> Your 1.8 GHz Power PC G5 will run RDCP+/MAC fine.  It just the Intel 
> based Mac right now.  I haven't done some extensive test but looks 
> very close to running and seems like perhaps some serial timing issue 
> introduced because its running under Rosetta.  Don't hold me to that 
> analysis as I am not the author of software and is based on other 
> experience with serial related software running under Rosetta.
>
> Good news is Jim Nedbalek replied to me.
>
> "Actually working on another approach using XCode instead of the 
> Codewarrior Carbon project.  No timetable yet but some progress during 
> the normal slow summer lull from client demands."
>
> So the answer is he is working on it just bogged down with his 
> consulting business. Understandable I would say.
>
> Certainly looking forward to it as an avid packet user.  It is a good 
> piece of software. Let you take full advantage of all the bells and 
> whistles of the kantronics TNCs.
>
> For now I am using Zterm (also running under Rosetta). It just a basic 
> serial terminal and is "old school" compared to RDCP+/MAC but is doing 
> the job and always good to get back to roots from time to time. :-)
>
> Cheers & 73
>
> Steve
>
> On 12-Jun-06, at 1:06 PM, Don and Patricia Allen wrote:
>
>> How sad.
>>
>> Is the iMAC Intel core duo workings the same as the "Dual 1.8 GHz 
>> Power PC G5?"  If so, that would be good to know.
>>
>> I do hope someone can make it work for all of us MAC users.
>>
>> Patricia.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2006, at 8:49 AM, Steve Hellyer wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure but, I don't think Jim is working on this software anymore. 
>>>  It hasn't been updated in quite some time.
>>> Sad to say the 2.1v1 of RDCP+/Mac software isn't working on my iMac 
>>> Intel core duo (Almost but not quite).  Seems to be a serial 
>>> communication issue. Gets just past setting TNC into HOST mode and 
>>> then says there is a serial communication issue. Too bad as this was 
>>> some wonderful software for running with Kantronics TNCs.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> VA3SPH
>>>
>>> On 8-Jun-06, at 2:13 PM, Don Agro wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8-Jun-06, at 1:54 PM, Richard Rucker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I hope that Don Agro, VE3VRW, of Dog Park Sofware, and Chris 
>>>>> Smolinski, N3JLY, of Black Cat Systems --  to name just two 
>>>>> competent Mac developers -- have read your invitation and are 
>>>>> giving it serious thought, if they haven't already.
>>>>
>>>> I think Jim Nedbalek is already working on this...
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.winternet.com/~nedbalek/rdcp_mac_2.html>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73 Don Agro VE3VRW
>>>>
>>>> D o g   P a r k   S o f t w a r e   L t d .
>>>>
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