on our MARS Alpha net tonight here in Texas, I asked what modes were most important to have in the stable and the answer was... Pactor I, Olivia, MT63 and PSK31... not in that order.
The Signalink has a Doze mini CD which allows you to do all of the above except Olivia as I remember. You can RX Pactor I and the rest are simple. in fact, you do not even have to buy MixW for most of the modes. However, that little CD might as well not have been shipped to me at all. So, Neither Cocoa nor Multi will RX Olivia OR Pactor but both will do MT63 and PSK31. In fact, I am not sure that Multi will even do plain PSK31, but will do 4 variations of the basic. or is that Cocoa? get confused. So, I suppose that I really do not need a shell program to run these 4 modes do I? Can't I simply load them into a directory or install them in the OVerflow and just click on them as I need them?? ie, IF I can find a MAC version of Olivia or Pactor I. thanks chas Paul wrote: > Cocoamodem is Free, Multimode costs $90. I mostly use CocoaModem for > watching PSK when I'm working at the Mac. If I see something > interesting I switch over to a dedicated PC I bought for about $50 on > an auction site. The ham software doesn't need today's cpu horsepower > - especially if you stick to a simplified operating system. I was > doing well with a 400Mhz Pentium II running Win98SE. I moved up to > Pentium III and Win XP home because, understandably, some authors are > no longer supporting Win93SE. > > I love the Mac and understand about using VirtualPC to simulate > windows and Boot Camp, etc. But I love simplicity too. And people are > giving away Pentium III boxes that would make great Ham Only gear. In > fact, on another action, I'd see 16 Pentium IV computers for about > $300 total Buy It Now. They all needed RAM/HardDrive/OS - but at that > price, as a club project, for about $100 each, you'd end up with a > pretty good hassle free lower profile (not big tower) ham only > software control station. > 73, > Paul
