[chirp_users] MacOS Version of Chirp
ALCON:
I have both an ICOM IC-91AD and IC-2820 as well as a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.5.6, and would like to know when a version of Chirp might be forthcoming for the Mac.
Construction of a cable has been completed, and I look forward to having my radio programmable natively under MacOS.
73,
Stuart, N3GWG
Hi Stuart,
I have both an ICOM IC-91AD and IC-2820 as well as a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.5.6, and would like to know when a version of Chirp might be forthcoming for the Mac.
You're the first person to ask for it. It's very similar to D-RATS in terms of what components it uses, so in theory it should be relatively easy to get working.
I'm finding myself without much free time these days, but I'll try to fit in some work to make a Mac package. Note that I have a PPC mac to build packages on, but I have to borrow a machine to build intel packages.
If you are counting requests, I'll put my hand up too. It would save booting my Mac into Windows.
You should be able to build a fat binary on PPC that includes both PPC and Intel code. Of course you won't be able to test the Intel version...
Or, you could just stick with the PPC version -- Intel Mac users (like me) can run that under emulation.
...Neil Justusson VK2VNJ
On 26/02/2009, at 1:56 AM, Dan Smith wrote:
Hi Stuart,
I have both an ICOM IC-91AD and IC-2820 as well as a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.5.6, and would like to know when a version of Chirp might be forthcoming for the Mac.
You're the first person to ask for it. It's very similar to D-RATS in terms of what components it uses, so in theory it should be relatively easy to get working.
I'm finding myself without much free time these days, but I'll try to fit in some work to make a Mac package. Note that I have a PPC mac to build packages on, but I have to borrow a machine to build intel packages.
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If you are counting requests, I'll put my hand up too. It would save booting my Mac into Windows.
Heh, okay :)
You should be able to build a fat binary on PPC that includes both PPC and Intel code. Of course you won't be able to test the Intel version...
Yeah, that's not as easy as it sounds. D-RATS depends on a large python runtime stack, not all of which is endian-safe and thus can't be compiled into a universal binary (from what I understand).
Or, you could just stick with the PPC version -- Intel Mac users (like me) can run that under emulation.
Oh? I didn't realize you could do that. I imagine Python (et al) would be pretty slow in that mode, but it would be interesting to try. I'll try to get a PPC version up at some point and then you can let me know how well it does or does not run under emulation.
Thanks!
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Dan Smith -
IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR -
Neil Justusson