[amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
- From: Ram Printing and Promotions Inc <ramprinting@xxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:33:44 -0600
Jeff,
I have just ordered 2 more machines bringing the total to 5. I will have 4 at a remote location from the other one and there is a mac there. I am going to try the usb dongle for Design Shop on my mac g5 running virtual pc. Currently I am running Melco Letera seamlessly on the virtual pc side of my mac. Letera does not use any security measures such as a dongle though. Since a mac does not come with a serial port anymore I will have to use the USB version of the dongle.
I will keep you posted on how the testing goes. I have high hopes as for about 7 months I have been running graphics software that is soley IBM on my mac seamlessly.
I should start testing next week sometime and I'll let you know from there.
If the testing goes well it may be a new avenue that Melco can persue and confirm the testing for theirselves. If it works well then maybe I should be on the Melco payroll ....he he
Dana @
Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
(780) 875-5073
www.ramprinting.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Banks <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:38 pm
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
> I bet if the MAC user base increased it would be considered to
> perhaps offer
> both PC and MAC versions. But when the MAC personal computer base
> is only
> somewhere about 12 to 16 percent of the personal computer
> population, and
> the actual Embroidery software audience is so small, the cost
> justification
> to develop MAC versions of the software will probably never become
> a
> reality. One thing I have been reading is that the MAC sales have
> increased
> dramatically due to the IPod and associated stuff with it. Also
> the fact the
> MAC is basically Virus, Spyware and Malware free it is becoming
> more and
> more popular. The fact is though, that when the user base is so
> small
> compared to the PC, a company looking to target the largest
> audience
> possible with products that use a personal computer is going to go
> with a PC
> to get the biggest return from the investment in development. Its
> just good
> business sense.
>
> I am not sure how easy it would be, even with the cross
> compilers. There
> are 3rd party drivers and modules used in the Melco software. The
> Dongle
> Driver, (which states it is cross platform compatible, but no
> testing by
> Melco as far as I know), the floppy drive driver used so the
> software can
> read and write non-Dos disk formats such as the older Melco
> format, Barudan
> etc., the Ethernet Driver which does NOT use the Windows
> networking in
> anyway, and others. So, I am pretty sure it would be a big and
> costly
> project to do, along with the added costs to all production
> aspects of it
> such as testing etc. Not sure the target audience is big enough to
> justify
> the expense to do it?
>
> Just some of my thoughts on it...
>
> Jeff Banks
> Melco Embroidery Systems
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Iris Embroidery" <irisembroidery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 4:07 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
>
>
> I am sure they can do that. From what I have heard, Amaya and
> DS software
> was built off of Microsoft C++ and MFC. Microsoft had cross
> compilers which
> compile it into Mac OS software. I have designed and built for
> both systems
> using the cross compilers. Or if they are port their software to
> java.....it eliminates dependency. Still need to be QA'ed on both
> platforms.
>
>
>
>
>
> Probably they might just do it for MAC lovers like you. But it is
> possibleto do it.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Veena.
>
> IRIS EMBROIDERY
> www.companycasuals.com/IrisEmbroidery
> (510)-226-6171
>
> _____
>
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DLCompton@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
>
>
>
> Same here.....I would LOVE the Amaya to run off a Mac OS system!!!!
>
>
>
> Using PCs only 'cause I have to. :-(
>
>
>
> Dorothy Compton
> Bee Embroidered
> www.BeeEmbroidered.com <" target="l">http://www.beeembroidered.com/>
> (916) 635-7467
> Rancho Cordova, CA
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/22/2005 2:03:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ramprinting@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> Roland,
>
> I would like to say hello to a fellow mac user. Until i got my
> embroiderymachines that only run ibm i was soley mac. I have 5 G5
> dual processors and
> love them. Not too many mac people out there so I just wanted to
> say hi
>
>
>
> Dana @
> Ram Printing & Promotions Inc.
> (780) 875-5073
> www.ramprinting.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:54 pm
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Cataloging and Printing Designs
>
> > Is there a pdf file on these designs? The computer running my Amaya
> > is the
> > only PC in my shop-everything else is Mac so there is no
> printer, web,
> > anything hooked up to designshop so no way to print out of it. If
> > there is a
> > pdf file I can bring it to my mac and print from there...I didn't
> > realizethere were other designs in the program either!
> > Roland
>
>
>
>
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