Another idea: I am a registered Apple developer and was a beta tester for Parallels 8. If you are NOT running Windows 8, then Parallels 7 is the virtual platform of choice. It is still available from retailers at substantial discounts to version 8. Almost all of the changes incorporated into Parallels 8 were because of Windows 8 compatibility. Version 7 of Parallels is much more stable, and runs Win XP, Vista & 7 very nicely on most any Mac.
73, Charlie, K4ZRJ On Nov 29, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Bayard Coolidge <n...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I know nothing about SDR, and I own a K3, not a KX3. > > But I do have a 27 inch iMac running Mountain Lion, with Parallels 8 and > Windows 7 64bit Home Premium installed. > > It was working beautifully with RMS Express, HRD, and the Elecraft utilities, > etc. > ...until yesterday (or late Tuesday), when I swallowed the latest update to > Parallels > (build 8.0.18345), which has a bug in it that prevents Windows 7 from being > able > to "see" the USB/Serial FTDI-based cables/chips properly and messes up the > drivers. > The issue has been raised to Parallels support and a fix is in the works, I > think. Someone > just posted a workaround on their user forum indicating that installing the > FTDI driver > on Mac OS X and creating a serial port on the VM will work, but it's limited > to two of them. > > So, basically, I can't control the K3 using its serial port, nor can I use my > Signalink USB, > for the time being. Yes, I need to spend a few hours pawing through my Time > Machine > backups to find the most recent working .pvm file, etc., but it's time I > don't have right now. > > I allocate one CPU core and 4GB of memory to the Parallels virtual machine, > and that's > given me very good performance (when it works!). One criterion for me is the > time it > takes HRD to switch modes between, say, PSK31 and RTTY-45 - there is a > pregnant pause > of several seconds on my Acer netbook (32 bit Atom processor at 1.66GHz, 2GB > memory), > but barely a blink on the iMac. Startup times for HRD and RMS Express are > also impressive. > > Personally, I would recommend you stick with a Windows 7-based solution for > your SDR > work until Windows 8 has been shaken out a bit - when you start adding layers > of complexity > like this, it becomes difficult to troubleshoot as there are likely multiple > problems/interactions. > > HTH, > Brandy, N1HO > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
