From: "joedaglen" <astro1pops+yahoo@gmail.com>
Date: November 28, 2007 5:55:44 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Any "t-point" like software for Mac OS?
Hi Tim,
VMware in newer and I picked it because the beta price was discounted to$40 and would
include the final version 1.0 release a month later. The initial reviews were also very
positive. The program is very smooth, each update is that much better, and my PC
programs run as fast as they did on my 2 yr old Dell desktop. I didn't use Bootcamp as I
did not want to restart each time I switched between PC and Mac programs. Two years
ago I tried to use Virtual PC and it simply was too slow to be useful. I have no experience
with Parallels but the reviews indicate it is very good. I use firewire on the Mac side which
is why I use Astro IIDC.
Have a good day,
Joe Daglen
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Tim" <tjp314@...> wrote:
Hi Joe:
Hm, I've never heard of VMware. Any reason for choosing it versus
Parallels or Bootcamp? I realize that bootcamp can only run one OS at
a time, so that's probably the reasoning there.
I have one x86 mac at home at this point, a mini. My powerbook is a 2
year old G4. When I bought it, I also bought Virtual PC so I could
run some PC programs on it, but TheSky6 is so slow that I wind up
crying so much I can't see what I'm doing at the computer!
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "joedaglen" <astro1pops+yahoo@>
wrote:
Hi Tim,
I have a MacBook Pro running Tiger. I run three PC programs (The
Sky, which includes T-
Point, Images Plus, and PhD Guiding) for most of my imaging. I use
VMware to run
Windows XP and have no difficulty running any PC program. In fact
the drivers were easier
to install on my Mac than they were on my Dell desktop when I used
it previously in my
observatory. The Sky is being rewritten and will be available some
time next year for the
Mac.
Have a good day,
Joe Daglen
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Tim" <tjp314@> wrote:
Hi all:
Well, I finally bit the bullet and figured if I waited until I had
time to make a set of guide scope rings the ground would be much
cooler to the touch and I'd be pushing daisies in some bone orchard
somewhere and not care anymore about imaging DSOs.
So, I bought a pair of Losmandy rings from Anacortes. They arrove
last night, and I put my 80mm Megrez on the Nexstar 9.25" for some
comet Holmes imaging.
Oh, and I found my GPUSB, which had been "missing" since I got back
from OSP 3 months ago!! (I just knew it would be somplace stupid, and
sure enough - it was in my laptop bag, sitting right next to my night
stand, all this time!.
So, I rigged everything up and took a few image sequences with the
flea2 on the Megrez, guiding with the flea on the 9.25". It got late
though, so I will have to process them tonight. But boy, has that
comet faded!
Anyway, to my question, but first I wanted to say that it was
wonderfully easy to get calibrated on a guide star and start imaging
away with Astro IIDC and the GPUSB gizmo.
My question is this: I recently replaced my hand control for the
Nexstar with the upgradeable one, which had the latest version of the
driver installed already as shipped from Starizona. I'm glad that I
can now re-sync on stars after long slews, but it seems that I can
only do so with the hand controller. I use both Equinox 6 and Voyager
4 for sky views and scope control, but when I resync with the hand
control, both applications lose connection with the scope. And when I
restart them and/or reconnect the scope, they don't sync on the
object, but show the scope's view being offset by the distance I moved
to resync.
I also have TheSky 6 on my PC (wish to heck they'd make a version for
Macs again!), but it can't sync either without purchasing t-point
as well.
So, I'm aware of T-point from Bisque and MaximDL's similar routine
(but I can't remember what it's called), but they're both PC-only.
Does anyone know of any similar applications for Mac OS?
TIA,
-Tim.