OziExplorer works on LINUX using WINE

[Pieter Litchfield]

"Maximum Linux " magazine had a comparison of a few Win emulators in its
current issue.  For those Linux fans out there, this might be useful info.
I know at least one thread happened on this exact subject a few months back.

"Jim Doutt" <jdoutt at whoi.edu> wrote in message
news:3A88032F.204EA29E at whoi.edu...
> I've succeeded in running the wonderful charting program
> OziExplorer (3.85.3c),  http://www.oziexplorer.com/  , on
> LINUX (RedHat 6.2) using WINE 20010112.  The times to load
> the program and to load a map did take 5 to 8 times longer
> using WINE than they did using WIN95.  I was able to enable
> the serial port and have the position computed by my GPS
> displayed on the chart.
>
> OziExplorer is a wonderful shareware charting program that
> can use just about any scanned image as a map or chart;  the
> user can calibrate it by specifying several latitudes and
> longitudes on the image.  It can also display the users
> current position if a GPS is connected to the serial port.
>
> I used the default compile and install from the WINE
> sources.  I changed the default permissions on ttyS0 to r/w
> for user.
>
> I started Ozi with:      wine --managed  oziexp3853c.exe
>
> task                WIN95  time       WINE  time
>
> start pgm             10  sec                   80 sec
>
> load chart              6 sec                   50 sec
> 13235_1 NFN
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> The program will also download waypoints from the GPS, but
> this feature did not work under WINE (and did work OK with
> WIN95).
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