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Subject:Re: Etka manual - Now ETKA for Mac?
From:turbowesty
Date:Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:00:15 -0500

I'm also running Parallels on OS/X and have ETKA working just fine. Haven't used it in a while though.

OS/X comes with Bootcamp which will allow you to partition the HD and install Windows in the extra partition. I haven't used it personally so I don't know what's involved.

Regards, Peter Kraiker
nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
Toronto, ON, Canada
'82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)

On 2013-01-02, at 10:32 AM, Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Can't speak for ETKA software, but I run Windows XP in Parallels on my Mac.   It lets me use software that is not available for Mac OS.   Does have to be with the Intel processor I think, and Parallels is not cheap so hard to justify for just one application.  
> 
> Ted
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> Theodore Hoekman
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> On 2013-01-02, at 11:27 AM, Anthony Egeln wrote:
> 
>> I got the ETKA software a couple of years ago from a generous list member, but never used it
>> because right about the same time we migrated our household from PC to Mac.
>> While I think it unlikely that ETKA will run on Mac OS, has anyone discovered a way to
>> convert the software to run on Mac?
>> 
>> Or am I wrong and will it run on Mac?
>> 
>> Thanks, Anthony
>> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)