[Coco] VCC Experience

[Boisy Pitre]

Bill,

Thanks for your comments. As Bill pointed out, I am the creator of the DriveWire protocol and the initial product, along with Windows, Mac and Linux servers, was sold through Cloud-9 starting around 2003-2004. As proud as I am of this work, I also feel obligated to mention the influence and work of others:

1) Chris Dekker originally demonstrated a CoCo to PC serial interface at an early ChicagoFEST (perhaps 1995). I don’t know what protocol he was using as he never released this as a product, but it did give me inspiration to do further study and research which turned into the product.
2) Darren Atkinson improved the core routines in DriveWire on the CoCo and made them better.
3) Aaron Wolfe took DriveWire further with his excellent Java server. I worked with Aaron to extend DriveWire to do networking (something that I had not originally envisioned when I created the protocol).

I placed all DriveWire source code into the NitrOS-9 Project some years ago so that it could be improved upon, and I’m pleased to see that it has become an important piece of software for the Community.

Enjoy!

On May 21, 2014, at 12:06 AM, Bill Nobel <b_nobel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ok , then KUDOS to Boisy, If he  sees this than great job.
> 
> Bill Nobel
> 
> On May 20, 2014, at 10:54 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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
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>> 
>> 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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