what's the real story with Mac compatibility? Will it ever happen?
03-18-2003, 12:07 PM
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Our website is up-to-date:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/faq_1.html#Mac-Linux">http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/faq_1.html#Mac-Linux</a</li></ul>
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03-18-2003, 07:04 PM
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AND - This is why I won't pay for any updates
TWO years ago Uwe told me that USB couldn't support serial rates with the exactness to respond to the VAG spec (And he was WRONG).
I offerred to do the port to MAC with a view of the source code. He refused.
Sorry but I would be glad to catch 5% of any market. Too bad Ross-Tech doesn't agree.
I offerred to do the port to MAC with a view of the source code. He refused.
Sorry but I would be glad to catch 5% of any market. Too bad Ross-Tech doesn't agree.
03-19-2003, 10:57 AM
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How does a java app make us happy?
There's no way in hell a java app would ever run on the laptop I use for vagcom... it's a p-120 w/16MB 1GBHD machine. Works great for VAG-COM.(And I'm sure lots of other folks use discarded super-crappy-got-for-free laptops like I do.)
I'll take a native app, thank you. Mac geeks can just go find said crappy laptop somewhere if they need to run vag.
I'll take a native app, thank you. Mac geeks can just go find said crappy laptop somewhere if they need to run vag.
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03-19-2003, 02:04 PM
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Two years ago, USB could NOT do what VAG-COM requires..
The chip that is the "guts" of our TWIN-USB interface was introduced last summer -- less than one year ago! Special features in that new chip are what makes our TWIN-USB interface possible.
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03-19-2003, 04:00 PM
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LOL!
I take it you don't ship java products for a living. I'm a manager for a software suite that has 4 java products we ship for multiple different OS's.
For one, Getting java to install and run anything on a 16MB machine is not going to be pretty. For another, you'd likely have to use JNI if you need to do crazy things with serial ports, and then you have to write something specific for each platform.
Java is "write once, debug everywhere". Try running on HPUX 10.2... heck, we even have problems with some stuff running on Solaris, Sun's own operating system.
For one, Getting java to install and run anything on a 16MB machine is not going to be pretty. For another, you'd likely have to use JNI if you need to do crazy things with serial ports, and then you have to write something specific for each platform.
Java is "write once, debug everywhere". Try running on HPUX 10.2... heck, we even have problems with some stuff running on Solaris, Sun's own operating system.