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DCC software for Mac OS

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DCC software for Mac OS
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:49 PM
Don't laugh. I'm trying to find some. I'm also an Apple Certified Consultant so don't try to start a Mac vs. PC flame war because you will loose.
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Posted by howmus on Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:24 PM
banini_jeque, always glad to chat with another AppleHead. [:D] Wouldn't use anything else! Try here: http://guide.apple.com/index.lasso and search under DCC Two programs come up for MR DCC. Decoder Pro (yep, they make a Mac version), and Mac-N-Trax. Hope this is helpful.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:08 PM
Thanks howmus. Haha, Mac-N-Trax, thats great.

Edit: I should have thought to look in the Macintosh Products Guide myself being an ACN. Oh well. That gave me the idea to check out versiontracker.com and I found two more programs, but they're for Marklin systems.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:14 PM
DecoderPro runs on java, so it was easy for them to port it to many operating systems. Considering that it's free, there's no reason to go with anything else. [:D] You can check it out here: http://jmri.sourceforge.net/
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:26 PM
ya! go mac, i just got a ibook G4 a month ago, i love it, it's my first mac, not many good games for it though.

i saw some freeware or shareware for dcc awhile ago, can't remember where though.
anyone know about free trackplanning software for mac. i tried railmodeller, but it doesn't et you save and it's hard to use flex track and stuff
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Posted by howmus on Monday, September 26, 2005 7:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by prr67

ya! go mac, i just got a ibook G4 a month ago, i love it, it's my first mac, not many good games for it though.

i saw some freeware or shareware for dcc awhile ago, can't remember where though.
anyone know about free trackplanning software for mac. i tried railmodeller, but it doesn't et you save and it's hard to use flex track and stuff


Go to the Url I listed above and search for Model Railroad or Railroad. There should be a link to software called Empire Express. (You could also just do a google for Empire Express) This is not free (costs $10 I think). I have the demo version and plan to purchase the full version soon. The only other trackplanning software for mac that I have found listed is in Japanese.

Have fun!

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Posted by Pruitt on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:27 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by banini_jeque

Don't laugh. I'm trying to find some. I'm also an Apple Certified Consultant so don't try to start a Mac vs. PC flame war because you will loose.


I will "loose?" That's okay, as long as I don't lose.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:51 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by howmus

QUOTE: Originally posted by prr67

anyone know about free trackplanning software for mac. i tried railmodeller, but it doesn't et you save and it's hard to use flex track and stuff


Go to the Url I listed above and search for Model Railroad or Railroad. There should be a link to software called Empire Express. (You could also just do a google for Empire Express) This is not free (costs $10 I think). I have the demo version and plan to purchase the full version soon. The only other trackplanning software for mac that I have found listed is in Japanese.

Have fun!


Empire Express is made by Haddon Software

http://www.haddonsoftware.com

I have it and it works well. Also found this neat piece of software for creating Track Warrants

Up in Smoke (OS X)

http://www.trainweb.com/mavmrrdigest/upinsmoke/
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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:30 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman
I have it and it works well. Also found this neat piece of software for creating Track Warrants

Up in Smoke (OS X)

http://www.trainweb.com/mavmrrdigest/upinsmoke/


The correct url for this is: http://www.trainweb.org/mavmrrdigest/upinsmoke/

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by howmus

QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman
I have it and it works well. Also found this neat piece of software for creating Track Warrants

Up in Smoke (OS X)

http://www.trainweb.com/mavmrrdigest/upinsmoke/


The correct url for this is: http://www.trainweb.org/mavmrrdigest/upinsmoke/


Sorry about that, I took it from the README file.
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Posted by DocCuzi on Saturday, December 23, 2023 10:34 AM

RocRail runs native on mac

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