[Ham-Mac] Airmail

[John Merrill]

How did you get Keyspans to work with VB. That is a known problem.

73, John N1JM

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:02 PM, wf8s <wf8s at comcast.net> wrote:

> Similar situation here. I use VirtualBox so as to run Windows 7 Pro so as
> to have APRSpoint. Never had any trouble with drivers for Keyspan devices
> on either OS. I bought Parallel Desktop but after a dew weeks went back to
> VB.
>
> Hope this helps someway.
>
> Jacob Tennant WF8S
>
>
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™II Skyrocket™ an AT&T 4G LTE
> smartphone."John T. Barr" <w6jtb at yahoo.com> wrote:Group:
>
> On my current MacBook I use BootCamp and Windows Vista Home edition to run
> Airmail software for connecting
> to the Winlink amateur radio network and it runs great. This is all for
> just one Windows program and that's it.
>
> So now, I just bought a new MacBook Air and with it came the latest
> edition of Parallels.
>
> So the question to the group is does anyone currently use this emulation
> for Window 7 and how does it work with a Keyspan
> 4 port USB-serial adapter? I have one port going to my Yaesu FT 100D, one
> port to the SCS Pactor III modem, one port for GPS position
> info and one port for an AIS receiver input to a navigational program on
> my boat.
>
> Is Parallels worth using or is BookCamp still the best?
>
> Any idea if Windows 7 drivers are available for the Keyspan device and Mac
> OSX Lion drivers as well?
>
> I will research this tomorrow when I have time but if anyone knows right
> off the top please let me know.
>
> And for that matter is any Mac developer working to port Airmail over to
> "our" OS?
>
> I hate to add Windows for one amateur radio program but I must!
>
>
> Thanks and 73, John, W6JTB
>
>
> John T. Barr
> PO Box 652
> Stuart, FL 34995-0652
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