Date:         Fri, 2 Aug 2002 22:37:41 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject:      EKTA installed on Mac: runs just fine
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Hi everyone,

Just a quick note to say I know this guy who last night
successfully downloaded the zipped VW parts CD disk image from
the web and installed it on his Mac.  I know there had been some
questions in the past from list Mac users asking if EKTA can be
run on Macs, and yes, it can.

This guy I know is running it via Windows2000 running on
VirtualPC 5 on a Mac Titanium G4 PowerBook running Mac OS X.  He
downloaded an unzipped the file in the Mac environment, then
copied the unzipped file set to the Windows side and ran the
.exe installer.  As per the instructions, two files needed to be
moved in order to work around the hardlock.

Because the TiBook's LCD screen has a resolution of only 1152 x
768, he dowloaded and installed a copy of JS software's Virtual
Desktop, which tiles the screen to essentially unlimited size,
but sadly does not allow mouse-driven scrolling off the
displayed screen area: jumps to the next tile are abrupt and
screen areas that are split over two tiles cannot be displayed
simultaneously.  Reminds me of the old saying that a battle is
an event that takes place at the junction of four map sheets...

If anyone is aware of a cheap shareware or commercial program
that does scrolling as opposed to tiling let me know and I'll
pass it on.

Upshot of all this is EKTA 5.3 *can* be run on a Mac, and it's
pretty straight-forward.  Runs well, and is reasonably fast, too.

T.
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