The Dashboard needs Windows, sorry - but any version will do, even Windows 3.1. However, this does not automatically exclude the Mac & Linux users, provided they run a suitable Windows substitute, like:
- for Linux:
| VmWare Workstation 3.1 | (tested, works fine but, as of May 2002, costs 299 US$!) |
| Win4Lin | (tested, works fine but slower than VmWare, 89 US$) |
| WINE | (tested in 1992, freeware, seems to run in principle but unfortunately gets blocked after installation - you may try Codeweaver) |
- for Macintosh:
| SoftWindows/RealPC | (no idea if it works, costs 80 US$, plus Windows; Virtual PC definitely works fine, but it's expensive - around 200 US$) |
Unfortunately, I have no regular access to Macintosh and Linux systems, so I cannot tell you whether there are problems with installing and running the Dashboard under these systems. Reports about successful or failed attempts to run the Dashboard are therefore highly welcome - please send me a mail. However, I can not help you to solve problems with the installation of Windows on Linux or Mac - as I wrote above, I have no access to such systems. And, no, it is definitely not possible to port the code from Windows and recompile it on Linux or Mac... believe me! I know it's a shame but the Dashboard is written in GFA Basic, and there is no such compiler on other systems.