trherald wrote: > ok, based one the previous replies, here's the information requested: > > 1. WINE version is 1.1.21 > > That's the latest/greatest. 1.1.22 was released today. > 2. The ACI interface DOES use a special driver to access the computer itself via a USB port and special cable, although at this point I haven't got as far as trying that. First step is to open a dive log to start with. > > This may prove problematic. Wine in its present form does not support USB attached devices unless the underlying *Nix can see the device. Work is progressing, but it is still not ready for inclusion into the main Wine product. > 3. The ACI interface seems to use a run time version of the Microsoft Access database to store the dive log information. > > This may be solved by using Winetricks to install the Jet40 engine. Please look at the FAQ to see how to use it. > Looking around on the web, it looks like I'm not the first person to try running ACI under WINE and encountering problems It doesn't look good that this is a solvable problem, at least in the near future. Too bad really. > > Wine has come a long way and it still has a long way to go. I'm actually impressed with what has happened since I started using it about a year and a half ago in an attempt to run several programs that I like and there is no *nix version going to be produced (this includes Mac versions as well.) James McKenzie
