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Picoscope- yay or nay?
Xandinator:
I wouldn't give up on them, they've come from not planning to support Intel Macs back then to a reliably working version.
David Aurora:
--- Quote from: Xandinator on March 21, 2023, 01:27:21 am ---I wouldn't give up on them, they've come from not planning to support Intel Macs back then to a reliably working version.
--- End quote ---
... 2 years after Apple switched away from Intel. I wouldn't really consider that much of a win 😂
I guess now it's a waiting game to see if they plan on making these work on current model Macs. It'd be good if they figure this out and release an update soon to address it, but failing that I reckon they're better off just throwing in the towel and re-labelling their stuff as Windows only. I think it does more harm to their brand than good to keep swinging and missing like this
voltsandjolts:
Picoscope-7 uses the Mono .NET implementation for cross-platform portability. I don't see much chatter about Mono adding support for macOS ARM64. In fact, there is more talk of 'Microsoft .NET Core' (which has been renamed to 'Microsoft .NET') being the future for C# cross-platform, so maybe Mono is going to die.
On a brighter note, the recent Microsoft .NET 7 runtime does natively support macOS ARM64. I have no idea how much work it would be for Picoscope to be moved from Mono to Microsoft .NET 7, but it could be the way forward. I'm not sure which version of .NET Picoscope-7 uses on Windows, hmm, need to check. If it's .NET 5 or higher then moving to .NET 7 (and so gaining macOS ARM64 support) should be fairly straightforward.
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