[deep6]

So I have a issue with using my MacENC on the boat. I have a keyspan that gets my GPS data, but my main serial to USB is a edgeport 8, "legacy on the boat from the PC" I want to use my mac for everything, but don't want to blow big bucks for a new muti serial port to USB system.

I don't think there is away around not using windows on Parallels for practor modem / airmail / SSB / weather / etc... but it would be nice to only need to pop that when I want to get gribs and email.

Anyone know if a driver for the edgeport 8? I see that the keyspan makes a 4 serial to single USB, that might be a option, but I have not played with Parallels with windows yet.

Any help / ideas is much appreciated.

On a side note, how about a Mac Mini for the boat computer, with some type of RAID drive with music / movies / backup of computer, living in a water proof case. If the Mini gets wasted, just unpack a spare, and the current backup is good to go......

Thanks in advance.

Rich----

[dardens]

Sadly there are no Mac OS X drivers for Edgeport. I also have an Edgeport/8 which I use on the Windows side (currently under VMware Fusion, but also worked in Parallels). My Keyspan/4 works great on OS X. More in this post:

http://www.macsailing.net/fbb/showtopic....ch/1/#3477