Cool! Thanks for the hint about CrossOver! I have not tried SatPC32 this way, but for many programs I have had very good luck using virtual machines. In particular, I have used VirtualBox on Ubuntu and find it to be pretty good. I also use Parallels on my Mac. Of course on a slow machine virtual machines are not so effective, and you still have to have a copy of Windows to install.
73, Burns W2BFJ On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Richard Lawn <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of you may have followed my trials and frustrations in trying to get > an old XP driven Dell computer to live again. This computer is at a > vacation house and I hated to spend money on a new computer. I run > eggbeaters and an ft847 there. Here are outcomes, good and bad so far. > > 1) installed Ubuntu and was confident this would be the solution and it > might still, however even the latest version of GPredict is buggy. I > suspect the real culprit is Hamlib. > > 2) I installed Wine in Ubuntu in hopes of getting SatPC32 to run. This > nearly worked but a few features didn't. For example I could not switch > between modes using SatPC32 and I'm not certain that the CAT frequency > adjust is working. Further investigation is required here. > > 3) I then discovered CrossOver which essentially is a commercial version > of Wine for the Mac. Since I never leave home without a Mac laptop I > decided to try a CrossOver demo. It took a while and some good "Elmer" > support using the terminal program to configure the comm port, but once I > solved that problem I found that the MacBook Pro running CrossOver will run > SatPC32 perfectly! CrossOver is reasonably priced for your Mac. > > So that's where I ended up. I've not yet abandoned learning my way around > Linux as it's been a good learning experience and I really appreciate the > online support I received from fellow hams. > > 73 > Rick > W2JAZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
