Subject: Re: Listing Software for Mac....
Date: Jun 14 08:40:48 1997
From: Andrew Sorensen - ajstudio at ptialaska.net


I wrote an inquiry to Birdbase about the possibility of using Birdbase
on the Mac and received the following reply:

"Subject:BirdBase, BirdArea, and Macintosh computers
"Date:Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:36:50 -0400 (EDT)
"From:SBSP at aol.com
"To:ajstudio at ptialaska.net

"Mr. Sorensen:

"A number of people have purchased BirdBase and BirdArea for a Power
"Macintosh, or a Macintosh PowerBook, using the Windows
emulation "software SoftWindows.
They report that our programs operate well in "SoftWindows,
although somewhat less rapidly then they do in a true "Windows computer.

"SoftWindows costs several hundred dollars. But it will allow you to
"run any Windows program on your computer -- not just our programs --
"and so may be a worthwhile purchase for you. It is available from "Mac
Warehouse, phone 800 255 6227. However, you should be sure that
"SoftWindows will work on your Mac before purchasing it. Ask the Mac
"Warehouse people.

"Because there are relatively few Mac computers compared to Windows
"computers, and because SoftWindows allows most Mac computers to use
"our programs, it is not economically feasible for us to expend the
"very large amount of effort that would be required to produce Mac
"versions of BirdBase and BirdArea.

"Robert Eisberg
"Santa Barbara Software Products

Has anyone had experience with Birdbase on the Mac via Softwindows?

Andy Sorensen
Anchorage, Alaska
ajstudio at ptialaska.net

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>There are so many birders on-line here, I thought it might be >appropriate to ask what you MAC owners use for listing software. The >only one I am aware of is Bird Brain. Are there others? What do you >think of the one you own. Is it something you would buy again? Do >you find it useful? I did a search of the TWEETERS archive and came >up with zilch.

>Thanks for your time and input!

>Andy Sorensen
>Anchorage, Alaska
>ajstudio at ptialaska.net

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