mkewman
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IMO the mac is easier to program with, why does everyone go for the PC?
it leaves us appleheads in the rain.
it leaves us appleheads in the rain.
why is there no scanner software for the mac?
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wesct
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mkewman said:IMO the mac is easier to program with, why does everyone go for the PC?
you should be able to run virtual pc on your mac and make almost any pc program work.
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Many, if not most scanner users are technical people. Many, if not most MAC users are not technical people. If MAC's are truly easier to program on, have you considered trying to write a scanner program yourself? There actually are some scanner programs that run on the MAC platform. What specifically are you looking for?
Al42
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Only if you own a copy of the bible. (For those who've never programmed a Mac, Apple publishes, or used to publish [I haven't programmed anything for the Mac since the Mac 128] a series of volumes with "rules" you have to follow if you want your program to work through changes in OS versions.)mkewman said:
But it's no "easier" to program for the Mac - PCs use Windows, so programming is still pretty much drag-and-drop, for either computer.
Most people, when they want or need a computer, buy a PC. So most people, when they write an application, write it on a PC so, naturally, they write it to run on a PC.
PCs are for people who need computers. Macs are, as the Apple commercials used to say, for the rest of you.
epbernstein
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Because they do what they advertise and don't crash?
Jay911
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I've not looked at Macs since the days of the classic Macintosh. Do they even have an available RS232 port? I was under the impression that Apple used their own connectors for everything.
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JPasquini
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I'm a Mac user too (OS 10.2 - a little out of rev, but it works well for me). Nonetheless, my main systems are still Windows machines (a mixture of Intel and AMD). In fact, I have one Windows system dedicated to use in the shack for amateur radio and scanner operations. It's running 9 serial ports (PCI based expansion card along with the one built in COM port).
Radio usage was not one of my reasons for buying the iMac. OS X was
[As an aside, my Mac interest has faded as I've since migrated my *nux operations over to Fedora.]
Radio usage was not one of my reasons for buying the iMac. OS X was
[As an aside, my Mac interest has faded as I've since migrated my *nux operations over to Fedora.]
epbernstein
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N_Jay said:
When's the last time that poor guy took his medication?
mkewman
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Jay said:
they have usb and firewire, and their g5 desktops have RS232 ports i believe.
Al42
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I have a Windows machine that, aside from reboots for installations and other changes that I've initiated, has been running since January without a crash. It was running from November to January without a crash, when I turned it off to move it from my store to my house. It was built in November.epbernstein said:
What was that about Windows crashing?
epbernstein
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Al42 said:
All I can go by is that for every positive Windows comment I've heard, I've heard at least 10 horror stories. And for every negative Mac comment I've heard, I've heard at least 10 positive comments.
Your mileage may (and obviously does) vary.
I must say, though, that XP Professional runs better than any previous Windows OS, even when it's running on Virtual PC...
CoryCooper
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I am running ARC250 V1.12-PRO in Virtual PC 7.0.2 (Win XP Pro SP2) with my Uniden BC796D connected via a Radio Shack USB-to-Serial Port adapter (26-183). It works flawlessly. Dual 2GHz G5 w/4GB RAM running Mac OS X 10.4.2.
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wesct
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What was that about Windows crashing?
here we go...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php
you will need macromedia flash to run this UNCRASHABLE version of windows!
wesct
here we go...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php
you will need macromedia flash to run this UNCRASHABLE version of windows!
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Al42
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I will admit ... it's easier to write buggy software for Windows than it is for the Mac. But I can write an app that'll crash a Mac very easily.epbernstein said:
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
I think the ultimate answer to the question posed by this thread is that there isn't sufficient demand for control/programming software for the Mac. However, with the programming code sets available for all the Uniden models (and, presumably, the GRE models, though I haven't owned a GRE unit in years), it wouldn't be that hard for a person with some Mac programming know-how to slap something together.
Frankly, to me it's like asking why you can't get a PAL based TV/DVD/etc for the US market (electrical system, etc). There are so few people who could benefit from that, nobody has bothered to market such a beast.
Frankly, to me it's like asking why you can't get a PAL based TV/DVD/etc for the US market (electrical system, etc). There are so few people who could benefit from that, nobody has bothered to market such a beast.
epbernstein
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Jay said:
And the ultimate solution for us Mac users is to pay a $250 premium to be able to use the UASD or ARC software to program our scanners. Adds a bit to the price, but that's the way it goes, I guess....
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