Re: Software

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

Hi "Ion-boy" / All

I'm a programmer but not a Mac expert; however, like you, I don't
operate in a Microsoft environment (I'm on Linux) so I'm aware of the
issues.  This is how I would tackle the problem myself:

1)	There are Web-based JavaScript calculation tools out there - I know
of at least one produced by someone on the list; provided that you have
a JS-capable browser (all current version of Netscape, MSIE and, I
believe, Opera, fall into this category) the software is pretty well
platform-independent.
2)	If you want to work off-line, some of the JavaScript pages *may* do
this (ideally, the code needs to be embedded in the page rather than
being in a separate .js file) - just save them to your local machine.
3)	For offline work not covered by (2), you want to look for a Java (NOT
to be confused with JavaScript) programme; Java is platform-independent
and just needs a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) to run.  It is likely that
your Mac will have one kicking around somewhere; if it doesn't, you
should be able to download one from Sun.  ( http://java.sun-dot-com )

My favoured option would be (1) because any questions arising from use
of the software can be answered directly by the writers...

BTW - if anyone wants a JavaScript Tesla routine cross-coded into pure
Java, contact me off-list; my usual $100/hour fees don't apply ;-)

Cheers

Matthew Smith


Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> I am an admitted Mac fan and user. I want to know if anyone has any free
> software that could do basic TC calculations for Mac. I can program a little
> bit for Mac but nothing complex. I would try to program something for myself
> but I don't even know any of the formulas to calculate anything-wich is y I
> need the software. If anyone could give me even basic formulas to get needed
> capacitance, coil sizes, or voltage needed I would be eternally grateful.
> 
> 73,Kc0Ion,"Ion-boy"