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Paul Levin

Terminal for Mac users

As a long suffering Macintosh user I was pleasantly surprised when I
discovered that Elecraft actually makes a version of the K3 utility
available for us Mac users. However my original euphoria was tempered
a bit when I discovered "our version" was missing the very useful
Terminal program. I'd like to encourage Elecraft to add that
capability to the Mac software. After all, we are K3ers too and would
appreciate having the same advantages given to our Microsoft brothers.

Paul N1SEZ
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Greg - AB7R

Re: Terminal for Mac users

Ive talked with David Flemming about the terminal once and other than my
inquiry he has not had any other requests for it. I assume if there is
enough interest he may take the time to code it.

73
Greg
AB7R

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Subject: [Elecraft] Terminal for Mac users

As a long suffering Macintosh user I was pleasantly surprised when I
discovered that Elecraft actually makes a version of the K3 utility
available for us Mac users. However my original euphoria was tempered
a bit when I discovered "our version" was missing the very useful
Terminal program. I'd like to encourage Elecraft to add that
capability to the Mac software. After all, we are K3ers too and would
appreciate having the same advantages given to our Microsoft brothers.

Paul N1SEZ
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Kok Chen

Re: Terminal for Mac users

If you really need a terminal emulator and can't whip one up quickly,
you can try the one that is built into AVR Tools:

http://homepage.mac.com/chen/w7ay/AVR%20Tools/index.html

Use the download tab at the top of the page.

Once launched, just select New Session from the file menu, then tab
over to the Terminal tab and you should see the interface shown at the
bottom of the above page. Click on Open Connection and you will get
an emulator window.

The serial port settings are saved to the session file (in the File
menu).

73
Chen, W7AY

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W6ODJ

Re: Terminal for Mac users

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Add me as an interested Mac user and K3 owner who'd like to see it.

73,
Oliver Johns, W6ODJ

On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Greg wrote:

> Ive talked with David Flemming about the terminal once and other
> than my
> inquiry he has not had any other requests for it. I assume if there
> is
> enough interest he may take the time to code it.
>
> 73
> Greg
> AB7R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of Paul Levin
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:18 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Terminal for Mac users
>
>
> As a long suffering Macintosh user I was pleasantly surprised when I
> discovered that Elecraft actually makes a version of the K3 utility
> available for us Mac users. However my original euphoria was tempered
> a bit when I discovered "our version" was missing the very useful
> Terminal program. I'd like to encourage Elecraft to add that
> capability to the Mac software. After all, we are K3ers too and would
> appreciate having the same advantages given to our Microsoft brothers.
>
> Paul N1SEZ
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David Fleming-2

Re: Terminal for Mac users

I guess I'll get busy and finish coding the terminal page. :)

Other than a conversation I had with Greg, I don't recall any other Mac users mentioning the Terminal. I find it difficult to put much effort into something that no one will use. Now that I know it's wanted, I'll get it done.

In the meantime, for those wanting to work digital modes on the Mac, I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at Kok Chen's cocoaModem. It is, IMO, the finest digital mode application out there - on any platform.

http://homepage.mac.com/chen/w7ay/cocoaModem/index.html

David, W4SMT

--- On Wed, 2/11/09, Oliver Johns <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Oliver Johns <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Terminal for Mac users
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:22 PM
> Add me as an interested Mac user and K3 owner who'd like
> to see it.
>
> 73,
> Oliver Johns, W6ODJ
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Greg wrote:
>
> > Ive talked with David Flemming about the terminal once
> and other
> > than my
> > inquiry he has not had any other requests for it. I
> assume if there
> > is
> > enough interest he may take the time to code it.
> >
> > 73
> > Greg
> > AB7R
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [hidden email]
> > [mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of
> Paul Levin
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:18 PM
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Terminal for Mac users
> >
> >
> > As a long suffering Macintosh user I was pleasantly
> surprised when I
> > discovered that Elecraft actually makes a version of
> the K3 utility
> > available for us Mac users. However my original
> euphoria was tempered
> > a bit when I discovered "our version" was
> missing the very useful
> > Terminal program. I'd like to encourage Elecraft
> to add that
> > capability to the Mac software. After all, we are
> K3ers too and would
> > appreciate having the same advantages given to our
> Microsoft brothers.
> >
> > Paul N1SEZ
> >
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M0XDF

Re: Terminal for Mac users

I hadn't realised the Mac version didn't have it and it explains a few
questions in my mind when people said here they had done something, I
misunderstood what was being done, since I didn't realised the Mac was
missing functionality.

So David, yes please, do implement the same functionality to the
highest degree possible in all 3 architectures.

Having this facility for all 3 is quite a big cornerstone in the
Elecraft arsenal and another reason why the K3 is SO GREAT.

And although not a big user of cocoaModem, I'll second that sentiment,
Chen puts a lot into his software. And being an ex-Apple engineer, you
can bet it's 100% cocoa and done 'the right way'. You should look at
some of the other software there too, all good stuff.

73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature,
he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
-John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

On 12 Feb 2009, at 04:45, David Fleming wrote:

> I guess I'll get busy and finish coding the terminal page. :)
>
> Other than a conversation I had with Greg, I don't recall any other
> Mac users mentioning the Terminal. I find it difficult to put much
> effort into something that no one will use. Now that I know it's
> wanted, I'll get it done.
>
> In the meantime, for those wanting to work digital modes on the Mac,
> I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at Kok Chen's cocoaModem. It is,
> IMO, the finest digital mode application out there - on any platform.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/chen/w7ay/cocoaModem/index.html
>
> David, W4SMT

Thomas Bingenheimer

Re: Terminal for Mac users

In reply to this post by Paul Levin

I must agree with David Fleming about Cocoamodem - it is the only program I currently use for digital modes - a very easy to use, well-thought out program. Also, if the mac version of the Utility program included the terminal function, I would surely have occasion to use it. Thanks!

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Jack Brindle

Re: Terminal for Mac users

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You don't have to bet on this one, the sources are available. It is indeed written in Cocoa using Objective-C.

Chen's code is excellent - he is an outstanding engineer, AND a K3 user!

You may also want to check out his CocoaNec project. It provides antenna analysis at the same level as the

Windows pay-for software, but free!

On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:42 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

And although not a big user of cocoaModem, I'll second that sentiment,
Chen puts a lot into his software. And being an ex-Apple engineer, you
can bet it's 100% cocoa and done 'the right way'. You should look at
some of the other software there too, all good stuff.

- Jack Brindle, W6FB

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