[Ham-Mac] JT65-HF/JT-Alert on Mac

[Dave Wright]

The advantage of these WINE'd apps is that they run with very little
effort on the part of the user. The disadvantage is that they're
self-contained and can't be updated very easily.  There is no reason
not to run these if you don't plan on adding or modifying them in any
way.

However, if you want to run JT-Alert (a VERY VERY handy program for
use with JT65-HF), you'll need to do your own install.

By installing your own version of WINE or CrossOver, and then
installing the apps yourself (not difficult if you can point and
click), it gives you control over the application and allows updating
the software as you see fit.


73

Dave
K3DCW
www.k3dcw.net

"Real radio bounces off the sky"


On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Keith Maton <g6nhu at me.com> wrote:
> I've posted about these before but someone has managed to get WSPR and JT65 all WINEd up and working under OS X already
>
> http://subdimensions.com/
>
> Scroll down a bit and you'll see two entries, JT65-HF OSX Port and WSPR OSX 2.11 Port
>
> Both work perfectly for me and save faffing about in Parallels or trying to make them work under Crossover.
>
> 73 Keith, G6NHU
>
> On 21 Nov 2012, at 17:19, Elwood C. Downey <ecdowney at clearskyinstitute.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Regarding cross execution, I have some background questions if I may.
>>
>> I'm quite familiar with VirtualBox, which runs a real copy of Windows side-by-side with the Mac desktop. But
>> I gather Crossover is more like Wine in that they both attempt to execute native Windows executables without
>> a Windows license, is that correct? If so, then if the port to Crossover can be done, does that bode well
>> for Wine as well? I'm asking because I'm wondering whether the cost of Crossover (not large, granted) is
>> worth it compared to Wine. In my experience Wine is an admirable attempt but is very fussy. For example it
>> does run EZNEC Pro pretty well, but not most games I've tried. Has anyone tried Wine for the JT* apps?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 73, Elwood, WB0OEW
>>
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:54:17 -0500
>>> From: Dave Wright <hfradiopro at gmail.com>
>>> To: Mac applications <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Subject: [Ham-Mac] JT65-HF/JT-Alert on Mac
>>> Message-ID: <52E75F32A7A447B3A7BEF28E07D4BA92 at gmail.com>
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>>>
>>> For those of you interested in running JT65-HF and JT-Alert on a Mac, I've updated my instructions on how
>>> to do so under Crossover for Mac.
>>>
>>> The new instructions include setup and operations guidance for the new v2 of JT-Alert.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you're interested, the PDF file can be downloaded from my website:
>>> www.k3dcw.net/web_documents/Crossover.pdf
>>>
>>
>>
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