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In my brief testing I can say that Windows apps do run, and run very nicely and very fast (way faster than in Virtual PC on my 1GHz PowerBook G4) on this 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. (I haven't yet tested my LPI with Parallels.) It seemed as though the basic functionality of the AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition worked fine. Here is the Sky Map as seen in Parallels: WinXP in Parallels does not see the "serial ports" supplied by Mac driver.Īs you can see in the next screen shot, AutoStar Suite does run.
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After installing the Keyspan software on the Mac OS X side, the Mac side sees it just fine (like with the card reader) so I can still use AutoStarX to update the AutoStar.
So, without a driver, AutoStar Suite and the AutoStar Update application would not see the Comm Ports as supplied by the Keyspan adapter. But since there is no Windows software for this model adapter I cancelled that. Windows detected the new hardware and wanted to get software for it. The Parallels application does see the Keyspan adapter, as seen by this screen shot showing the Devices menu.
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So I elected to install on the Mac side and see if Parallels could pass the serial communications through (like Virtual PC did). They responded the next day and said there was no Windows driver for my model (28XB).
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However, when I went to the Keyspan web site to download a Windows driver, only Mac OS X drivers appeared (even though I was using Internet Explorer in WinXP in Parallels). So I elected to not install the Mac driver. I started to install the Mac OS X Universal Binary version of the Keyspan USB-serial adapter driver but a warning in its installation information said I would have to uninstall it to use Windows with the Keyspan and to install the Windows driver in Parallels. So "no go" on updating the mySKY card with Parallels (at this point). Since the Mac OS X side sees the card reliably I can only assume that either the card reader is incompatible with Windows or something about the PC emulation in Virtual PC or the current Parallels software prevents it from being used. Unfortunately, WinXP does not see the storage card and selecting USB->USB Storage Device from the Devices menu locks up Parallels. I tried to use the same USB card reader with Parallels Desktop 3.0 (build 5584 the latest as of this writing). After verifying that Windows applications and Internet connectivity work in Parallels, I proceeded to try out Meade's mySKY Update, AutoStar Suite, and the AutoStar Update applications.Īs I noted in my mySKY review, I was unable to get Windows XP in Virtual PC to reliably recognize the mySKY memory card using my USB card reader. I was able to convert my Microsoft Virtual PC 7 WinXP disk image to Parallels so I avoided having to get and install a new copy of Windows (which I would probably not have done).
After some initial installation issues that Parallels Technical Support was finally able to resolve, I now have Windows XP running in a Window on my Mac. Mike here: After purchasing an Apple MacBook Pro 2.6GHz laptop in January 2008 I wanted to try out Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac. Weasner's Astronomy and Intel Macs Page ASTRONOMY AND INTEL-BASED MAC SYSTEMS
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