AspeQt for OS X system requirements?

[Smokeless Joe]

I downloaded AspeQt for Mac OS from:

 

http://frederik.hol.st/atari/8-bit/AspeQt4Mac/

 

It runs fine on the following systems:

 

iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, OS 10.9.4

MacBook, 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS 10.7.5

 

but it does not run on:

 

Mac mini, 1.66 Intel Core Duo, OS 10.6.8

 

On the Mac mini, the icon for AspeQt has a circle with a line through it, like this:

 

 

If I try to run it I get the following message:

 

 

This is very similar to trying to open a PowerPC program on an Intel Mac, only the error is a little different.

 

Any ideas what's going on? My guess is that AspeQt requires some sort of 64-bit functionality, which the iMac and Macbook have, while the Mac mini is a strictly 32-bit system.

 

Thanks,

 

-Joe

Edited August 7, 2014 by Smokeless Joe

[flashjazzcat]

My guess is that AspeQt requires some sort of 64-bit functionality, which the iMac and Macbook have, while the Mac mini is a strictly 32-bit system.

Correct. You'll need at least 64-bit userland to run these builds of Aspeqt, unless someone manages to compile 32-bit versions using a 32-bit build of QT.

[Smokeless Joe]

Well, shucks.

 

On the plus side, the very same Mac mini running Windows XP seems to run AspeQt adequately. But I was really hoping to have a dedicated Mac-Atari setup.

 

-Joe

[flashjazzcat]

You could have a shot at running the Win32 version under WINE. I had no luck getting Aspeqt to talk to the FTDI driver this way, but your mileage may vary.

[+DrVenkman]

You could have a shot at running the Win32 version under WINE. I had no luck getting Aspeqt to talk to the FTDI driver this way, but your mileage may vary.

 

That's one of those "Maybe it will work, maybe it won't" type situations. Unlike flashjazzcat's situation, the Windows version of AspeQt seems to run BETTER under WINE for me than the native Mac version. So give it a try - what've you got to lose?

[atari8warez]

I downloaded AspeQt for Mac OS from:

 

http://frederik.hol.st/atari/8-bit/AspeQt4Mac/

 

It runs fine on the following systems:

 

iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, OS 10.9.4

MacBook, 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS 10.7.5

 

but it does not run on:

 

Mac mini, 1.66 Intel Core Duo, OS 10.6.8

 

On the Mac mini, the icon for AspeQt has a circle with a line through it, like this:

 

icon.png

 

If I try to run it I get the following message:

 

error.png

 

This is very similar to trying to open a PowerPC program on an Intel Mac, only the error is a little different.

 

Any ideas what's going on? My guess is that AspeQt requires some sort of 64-bit functionality, which the iMac and Macbook have, while the Mac mini is a strictly 32-bit system.

 

Thanks,

 

-Joe

 

Hi Joe, I asked Frederick if the binaries are 64 bit, I'll let you know when I get an answer so that there is no doubt about it.

[flashjazzcat]

File tool output on the download linked by the OP:

 

[gozar]

Well, shucks.

 

On the plus side, the very same Mac mini running Windows XP seems to run AspeQt adequately. But I was really hoping to have a dedicated Mac-Atari setup.

 

-Joe

 

I ran Ape under VirtualBox on OS X for a while until I got a hold of a cheap laptop running Windows XP.

[atari8warez]

File tool output on the download linked by the OP:

 

 

 

So there we go....