[Ham-Mac] Re.Serial ports, Boot Camp, Parallels 4.0

[Frederick Percival]

Hello All,

This is my first post to the group.

I am a mac user and have both an iBook G4 and MacBook G5.
I own a Yaesu FT 8000.  It does have data ports.

Can any or all send me a list of soft ware and hard ware I need to get  
my radio up and online for both Packet and radio communication?

And the way to hook it up?

If at the very least, where / what book[s] will do the same?

Sincerely,
Frederick Percival
KC5ZCN


On Dec 7, 2008, at 2:38 AM, Mike Williams wrote:

> John
>
> I have Parallels 4 (XP pro) running with two virtual serial ports.  
> One is connected to my FT920 with the other connected to an Expert  
> 1K-FA. Both work together. As it happens both serial/USB adapters  
> are different but I only have the drivers in the iMac loaded.  
> Interestingly in Network Prefs both adapters are shown as configured  
> but not connected.
>
> In Virtual Machine Configuration each of the ports is a 'Real Port'  
> shown as enabled and connected.
>
> Good luck
> Mike
> M0MRW
>
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> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 04:44:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: "John T. Barr" <w6jtb at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Serial ports, Boot Camp, Parallels 4.0
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> I am cruising sailboat, I use a MacBook with a Keyspan 4 port serial- 
> USB adapter. Running OSX I use two serial ports, one for a GPS input  
> for electronic charting using GPSNavX, and one for an AIS receiver  
> input to that same application.
>
> Using BootCamp and Windows Vista and running Airmail software, two  
> more serial ports are used, one to do frequency control to a Yaesu  
> FT 100D, and the other to a SCS PTC pactor III modem.
>
> In both cases the correct drivers for both OSs have been downloaded  
> from Keyspan and both systems run fine...just one at a time.
>
> Yesterday I attended an excellent lecture on charting by Mark Doyle  
> at the Seven Seas Cruising Association annual meeting, and he  
> strongly recommended Parallels 4.0, indicating that the multiple  
> serial port issues that existed in earlier versions had been fixed  
> in this latest release.
>
> Any experience with this combo and suggestions are welcome including  
> any other OSX/Windows solutions using multiple serial ports?
>
> 73, John, W6JTB
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