[amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users- TEST UPDATE
- From: DLCompton@xxxxxxx
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:04:04 EDT
Yea! Now I have a reason to buy a new G5 laptop! Cool.
Dorothy Compton
Bee Embroidered
_www.BeeEmbroidered.com_ (http://www.beeembroidered.com/)
(916) 635-7467
Rancho Cordova, CA
In a message dated 7/26/2005 1:38:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ramprinting@xxxxxxx writes:
Jeff,
Just completed the testing of Design Shop running on the virtual pc side of
a mac g5 computer. On friday I placed an order for 2 more machines from
Melco Canada along with another set of designshop software. To ensure that i
could run this designshop software on the Mac and not have to have an
additional
pc computer for it ( I want to be able to digitize in my office while the pc
runs the machines in another location) Bruce lent me a distributor dongle
and demo software to test before the equipment got here. I plugged the USB
security dongle into the rear USB port of the Mac and then ran virtual pc.
From
windows xp I installed the true version (not the demo) as it recognized the
security dongle from the Mac USB port. I then went under options and tested
all the levels of the Designshop program on the disk.
They work great.
So now I can work on a graphic or logo on the mac side of the screen in a
mac based design program and export as a generic eps file. Drag th
e file across to the PC side of the screen and import into designshop to
manual or auto digitize the design.
I will load and test the actual amaya software this way too when the new
machines arrive. I will have no need to run the machines from the Mac as I
will have a stand alone PC for the machines but I would like to test if the
Mac
running virtual pc will keep communication with Amaya OS and the machines. I
will keep you posted.
Jeff, please send 1 free amaya machine to the address below as payment for
this late breaking beta testing, or just ship it to Bruce in Calgary and I'll
pick it up there.....he he
Keep up the great work building great little machines.
P.S. I think your designers have harnessed the power from the little Herbie
car and placed it inside these embroidery machines. You would never expect
something so small to rival and beat the larger steel framed machines
talk to you soon
Dana @
Ram Printing & Promotions Inc. / Threadworks Custom Embroidery
5025-50th Street
Lloydminster, AB Canada
T9V 0L9
(780) 875-5073
www.ramprinting.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Banks <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:30 am
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
> Hi Dana,
>
> I definitely would like to hear how it goes. DesignShop might run
> if the
> Dongle gets recognized. The Dongle is made by Rainbow which is now
> Safenet
> Inc.
>
> You can get their latest Driver for the Sentinel SuperPro which is
> the type
> of Dongle Melco uses at http://c3.safenet-inc.com/Downloads.asp.
> There is a
> Medic program that is supposed to help troubleshoot it and the
> latest
> drivers for. This page has some information about drivers and the
> platforms
> for them that may help you. http://c3.safenet-inc.com/ESC.asp
>
> Let me know how it goes.
>
> Jeff Banks
> Melco Embroidery Systems
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ram Printing and Promotions Inc" <ramprinting@xxxxxxx>
> To:
<amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 9:33 AM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya - Mac users
>
>
> 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 basi
cally 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
> > projec
t 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">"
> 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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