Ruben;
Thanks for letting us know about your success running VARA HF/FM on Windows 11, on a PC with a x86 (Intel or AMD) processor.
However, the question being asked on this topic is whether anyone has had success running VARA HF (and/or VARA FM) on a Mac computer using Apple's M1 processor as the CPU.
Keep in mind that the VARA HF or VARA FM modem programs run?only under Windows. This means that on a Mac computer with an Apple M1 processor, the VARA HF or VARA FM modem program (and the VARAC "Real-time P2P chatting software" or Winlink "Radio email" software) must be running in a Windows VM (Virtual Machine), running in a VMWare, Parallels or Virtualbox "Hypervisor" environment... under the MacOS operating system.
Prior to Apple introducing the M1 processor family, modern Mac computers were based on Intel x86 CPUs. It wasn't too difficult to have the VARA HF/FM modem software run reliably in a Windows VM (Virtual Machine), running in a VMWare, Parallels or Virtualbox "Hypervisor" environment when the "host computer" used a x86 CPU. Also, Windows could be used as the native OS on these computers, using the Apple "Boot Camp" utility.
On Mac computers with one of Apple's M1 processors for the CPU, the situation is more complicated, because the x86 instruction set is emulated on the M1 processors. ?While it's likely that the VARAC "Real-time P2P chatting software" and Winlink "Radio email" software can run on the emulated x86 system, it's not a given that the much more CPU-intensive VARA HF or VARA FM modem software will run properly.
Mark - AD7EF
Mark Davis