[Ham-Mac] Airmail

[John Merrill]

Maybe it's Win7 that works. Using XP with VB it's a no go.

73, John N1JM

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Jacob Tennant <jacob.tennant at comcast.net>wrote:

> Installed drivers on both OS's prior to first use. Verified it on MacOS,
> start Win7 VB, once it loaded told VB about the device under USB devices
> and it will disappear from the Mac and appear under Win7.
>
> Never failed me yet...
>
> Jake WF8S
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 17, 2012, at 10:33 PM, John Merrill <johnn1jm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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