[s-cars] Intro and stalling thread...

[Ian Duff]

I use VAG-COM and Bentley quite happily in a Parallels Virtual Machine  
(VM) running Windows XP on my Intel-based MacBook Pro.

If your Mac is Intel-based, I encourage you to check out either  
Parallels  http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/ or VMWare  http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/ 
  for virtualizing Windows. They are each very good, with little to  
distinguish them, until one really reaches the arcane corners of their  
capability brag sheets. I happen to use Parallels, and have colleagues  
using VMWare, and we find very little real difference. Sure, the  
evangelists for either product will proclaim theirs best, but that's  
really just fanboy bravado; either will do a great job.

If your Mac is an older PowerPC-based model, you might consider  
upgrading, as the performance of the newer Macs is astonishing when  
compared to older PPC-based models. If upgrading is unlikely, you will  
either have to find an el-cheapo Windows box, or use a Windows  
emulator on your Mac. I have not run an emulator, but have heard  
groans and grumblings when they are discussed. Of course, eBay is a  
fair source for el-cheapo WinTel boxes, but caveat emptor.

To run VAG-COM in a Windows XP VM on my Mac required an upgrade to a  
USB connected dongle http://ross-tech.com/vag-com/hex-usb+can.html,  
after that it's all peaches and cream.

HTH.
-Ian Duff.

On 13 Jan, 2008, at 15:44, john cléirigh wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I've been reading the archives for months, subscribed and have been
> lurking since December.  I hate php boards, and you guys seem more  
> human
> and conversational than the rest of the communities I've been  
> watching.
> I'm a "carbs and points" guy from way back; MGBs, early Broncos, etc.,
> tho I got my first Audi, a well-used Fox, in 1985.  And then I went
> through a slew of gen one Golfs that got GTI engines and Audi 5 speeds
> -- I preferred having OD to having 5 gear ratios crammed in below 1:1.
> When the Bronco crowd started installing SEFI 5.0s and dealing with  
> EDIS
> headaches, I let them lap me and felt content to try a Pertronix under
> the cap, and hang out at the back of the pack.  Ancient history.
>
> I backed into a deal on a cheap SPG two years ago and got hooked on
> turbo.  But I wanted a less conspicuous, family-size car.  Q-ship is
> more my style at this point in life.  I recently became aware of the
> trend towards truly affordable C4 prices and started shopping for a  
> UrS
> and bought a really nice tornado red/anthracite 95.0 sedan in  
> December.
> I'm enjoying the car a lot.  When this intermittent stalling thread
> started, I noticed what at first I thought was a chunk missing from a
> front snow tire.  It's pretty square wave in nature and only happens
> under acceleration.  It does seem to increase in frequency with engine
> RPM.  This is my first 5 cyl. car so it doesn't feel like any miss or
> single dead spark I've experienced in the past.  It starts and idles
> fine and does not stall.
>
> Where do I start my diagnosis?  How do I check codes w/o a VAG scan
> tool?  Has anyone here had success with the digital Bentley (either on
> disc or the web version) on a Mac?  The website does not work for me
> with Firefox or Safari so I'm afraid to waste my money on the disc.
>
> Is there a proper ritual or offering I haven't found in the archives  
> for
> appeasing the Audi gods?  Is there anyone here who lives near me and
> wants to be a mentor to an eager, enthusiastic student?
>
> -John
> Boulder, CO
> 95 S6
> 77 MGB
> 06 boring dd
>
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