I heard (wrongly I hope) that MaxSea has decided to no longer support MAC, specifically OS X. Does anyone know of nav software optimized for OS X? Will MaxSea continue to work on Classic? John Farnham M/V Dolly, Nordic Tug 32-118

John Farnham wrote: > I heard (wrongly I hope) that MaxSea has decided to no longer support MAC, > specifically OS X. Does anyone know of nav software optimized for OS X? Will > MaxSea continue to work on Classic? John, attached below is the latest info I have through Dolph McCranie. Also see this older info: <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0110/15.maxsea.php> Continuing to bug MaxSea is a good idea. Bob ________________ R C Smith Jr M/V MARY KATHRYN Hatteras 58 LRC Marsh Harbour, Abaco BAHAMAS Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: Fred Pryor <maxsea@mac.com> > From: Fred Pryor <maxsea@mac.com> > Date: Sat Jan 25, 2003 17:41:59 US/Central > Resent-To: dmccranie@mac.com > To: dmcranie@mac.com > Subject: Re: Continued Macintosh Support? > > Sorry for the late reply, I no longer get the MaxSea@navcenter.com > emails. For quite some time I have been trying to force Mac OS X issue > which has not been completed. I got very frustrated at the end of last > year, then Brice hired a guy to do marketing for NetSea at five times > my salary and apparently some business power over me so I gave Brice > my resignation. He didnot want to accept it and has tried to continue > talks with me. Since stretching an extra 10 years out of my > beleaguered investments has me a little concerned I am willing to > listen to what they have to offer. Wednesday we discussed my > "departure" from NETSEA to work full time on the Mac edition of > MaxSea. I'm to be working on finalizing the proposal for that this > weekend. Right now I think I need to keep I&M involved so I have a > chance of getting the present Source code and not have to start this > process from scratch. For a little help could you give me an honest > estimate of what an upgrade of the current Mac Navigator version would > be worth to you, and would it be worth trying to get a Version of > Yacht into OS X. > > To answer your question about Virtual PC, I have used Virtual 5 and > MaxSea Yacht 9 in my Ti Powerbook 667. Since I have the original with > it limited video memory I thought it was a good exercise in proving > the concept but not something I'd like to try to count on on the High > Seas. I've heard that Virtual 6 works better and the better video > cards should make a huge improvement. Maybe if my conversations with > Brice work out I'll give that a try. > On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 11:58 AM, maxsea wrote: > >> >> ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- >> Date: 1/22/03 18:21 >> Received: 1/23/03 8:05 >> From: Dolph McCranie, dmccranie@mac.com >> To: maxsea@navcenter.com >> >> Fred Pryor et al, >> Are you going to continue supporting the Mac platform? My version of >> Navigator is getting long in the tooth. >> If you are not going to support the Mac will your programs run in >> Windows emulation on the Mac? >> I keep plugging your products, (both operating systems), on the >> Trawler >> World List, but my last few e-mails to you have been unanswered. Is >> there a problem? >> Dolph & Bev McCranie >> The Right Whale >> (KK Whaleback) >> >> >> ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- I guess this says it all. I wrote Fred offering my support. Probably another note or two wouldn't hurt. I sure hope that he is successful in his efforts. Dolph McCranie