FT 8000/G4/G5 [was Re: [Ham-Mac] Re.Serial ports, Boot Camp, Parallels 4.0]

[Frederick Percival]

Thanks,
Ya I have purchased all the programs Chris has over the years.

Frederick

On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Hal Mueller wrote:

> Frederick:
>
> The class of rig control software for Mac OS is Dog Park Software's  
> MacLoggerDX. However, your FT 8000 is not listed as a supported  
> radio. It would be worth dropping a line to Don Agro (the developer)  
> to see whether it would work. I had a similar query for my FT-857  
> and his satellite tracking program; it wasn't listed as supported,  
> but actually works fine.
> http://www.dogparksoftware.com/MacLoggerDX.html
>
> MacLoggerDX has some straight packet and APRS capabilities. I  
> haven't found a really compelling, nicely done pure packet or APRS  
> program for Mac OS X; I generally use Xastir, which has a rather  
> baroque UI and requires X Windows.
>
> You'll need a USB-serial converter (or two if you want to do rig  
> control plus packet). The Keyspan line is popular and well supported.
>
> If you want to run Winlink 2000, the only solution I'm aware of is  
> to use Parallels or VMWare to run MS Windows, and then use the same  
> Windows 2000 binaries that the Windows world uses. You would be  
> limited to one of the older emulation packages (SoftPC/VirtualPC) on  
> your iBook G4/Powerbook G5, and I don't think you'll be happy with  
> the performance of the emulator.
>
> 73
> Hal
> N3YX
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ham-Mac mailing list
> Ham-Mac at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ham-mac