[Coco] CocoPi3 Update

[Michael Brant]

Cool making me really want a rasp pi 3.

On May 2, 2017 4:34 PM, "Glen Hewlett" <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hi Ron,
>
> That’s a lot of cool updates.  I do appreciate all the effort you are
> putting into this SDimage.  I think it will be very useful for anyone who
> wants to learn about the CoCo or someone who remembers playing with the
> CoCo many years ago and wants to give it a try again.  The RPi3 is cheap
> and connects to any recent monitor/TV all you need is keyboard and your
> good to go in CoCo world. :)
>
> Personally using emulators is what got me back into the CoCo, luckily I
> still had some of my old CoCo hardware and I’m having a blast with it again.
>
> Cheers,
> Glen
>
> > On May 2, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
> >
> > CocoPi3 - ChangeLog - May 2017
> >
> > CocoFEST 2017 was a trial run for the CocoPi3 distribution.  I took some
> time to observe how others looked at it, used it, etc., and made some
> enhancements.  Some are minor others are more significant.  I've been
> learning quite a bit with this little project, but the best part has been
> some of the folks I've met and worked with along the way.
> >
> > - Quick refresh of some Raspbian packages (i.e. sudo apt-get update;
> sudo apt-get upgrade)
> > - Updated GCC 6 (as part of Debian's bleeding edge "stretch" repo).  GCC
> 6 is required to compile MAME.
> > - Pierre Sarrazin resolved an issue with the cmoc compiler for
> Raspbian.  Fix already included with this update.
> > - Updated MAME to the latest version (0.185)
> > - Updated the Main Menu and included many new entries as well as updated
> existing ones (over double the options)!
> > - Typing 'menu' from any prompt will return to main menu screen
> > - Some menu options include additional informational screens/prompts
> > - Option for booting Coco 3 with VCCEmuDisk hard drive image.  Includes
> NitrOS9 & 255 virtual DECB disks with programs
> > - Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into NitrOS9 using latest
> image from http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
> > - Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into Fuzix (via YA-DOS).
> Internet access provided via 'lwwire' daemon
> > - Options still available for Coco 2 (MAME & XRoar) both with Drivewire
> support as well as booting into MC-10
> > - Updated the scripts to start and stop the DriveWire, lwwire and emceed
> daemons from main menu
> > - Edit Wifi configuration from main menu
> > - Adjust RPi3 system volume from main menu (for HDMI and analog ports)
> > - Run 'raspi-config' from main menu (resize file system, other
> administrative options)
> > - Backup existing RPi3 installation to alternate SD card (i.e. clone
> entire SD card) from main menu
> > - Reboot or shutdown RPi3 (safely) from main menu
> > - IP address(es) on main menu screen.  Includes for both WiFi and CAT6
> > - System uptime information on main menu screen
> > - Daemon status (DriveWire, lwwire and emceed) on main menu screen
> > - Emceed server for hosting files to a real MC-10. Requires MCX-128
> expansion cartridge & serial to USB adapter
> > - DriveWire can still be configured to host files for real Coco's as
> well.  Same serial to USB adapter would be required
> > - Added additional documentation in Samba share 'doc' folder
> (/media/share1/docs).  This includes help with Bluetooth controllers
> >
> > Unfortunately, there's too many changes to just provide updated files
> for.  As such, it will require downloading a new image.  Going forward, I
> am working on a way to package updates (perhaps via a CocoPi3 repo for use
> with apt-get) to save time.
> >
> > I plan on recording a video demo of this new version soon and will send
> it off to Steve Strowbridge to add to his YouTube channel.  I also need to
> work with Rick Adams and Simon Jonassen to see about replacing the older SD
> card image with this new one.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
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