[Coco] VCC Experience

[Bill Pierce]

Bill,
Just wait... When we fix a bug in the NOS9 DW vport driver, and I get the PC file manager running in MShell, you'll be able to pull files directly from the PC to the Coco (or Vcc) with a mouse click in MShell.
I would've already had this going but hit an old DW bug that plagues the vport driver. It seems to empty the buffer when it receives the EOT from dw4 before the software reads the buffer. So the last buffer is missed.
This doesn't affect dw disk operations as that's an RBF controlled driver. The vports are handled by SCF.

When this bug is fixed, not only will you be able to get files from the PC, but also from internet FTPs and more. How about browsing an FTP directory in MShell as if it was a drive? Then clicking a file and downloading it straight to the Coco. It can and will be done before I'm through with MShell :-)
The code for this is done and ready, all I'm waiting on is a bug fix in NitrOS9.

BTW... I don't think Tony had anything to do with DriveWire. DriveWire3 was originally by Boisy and when he made it "open source", Aaron Wolfe converted it to a Java app and greatly enhanced the protocol and GUI to what it is now. "DriveWire4"
You can still download Boisy's original DriveWire3 from Cloud9. But it's basically just the disk interface. Useful if you don't need all the stuff DW4 offers.... Wait, who am I kidding?
As Gene says.. DW4 'is "the cat's meow!"
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Nobel <b_nobel at hotmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, May 21, 2014 12:21 am
Subject: [Coco] VCC Experience


Hey all, I just wanted to share my experience with VCC/Drivewire for the first 
time.  Bill Pierce introduced me to VCC for the first time a couple a months 
ago. I was a Mess user for quite a few years, and liked what I had.  Recently 
Bill introduced me to VCC with DriveWire,  I don’t know how I could have lived 
without it now.  I am now using a way easier file xfer system between Coco3 & 
PC.  I Love the new dw extensions on OS-9.  I get into my Raspberry Pi as the 
FTP server and exchange files easily vs the old way of booting the old winxp 
system to xfer via winimg.  I am not sure, but KUDOS to Tony Distefano for the 
DW protocol and code I love it!

Bill Nobel


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