[Coco] Drivewire development

[Nathan Byrd]

Oh I was thinking about using it with interfacing a phone or tablet with
real CoCo hardware, not the emulator - though there probably are ways to
get it to work with the emulator too, I'll have to think about that a bit.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 9:57 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> DW3 will work this way. DW4 is a slightly different animal because it's
> JAVA dependent.   Although Android will run(emulate) JAVA using JBED.
>  Someone would have to marry JBED into BOCHS to see if that works
>
>
>
> From: Nathan Byrd
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:42 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire development
>
>
> Cool I didn't realize that. I was thinking about getting a native Android
> version in the app store, working over a OTG cable or Bluetooth and with
> built-in support for sending cassette data from a headphone jack, mobile
> friendly UI etc. It's great to know that it's already possible with some
> workarounds in the meantime though!
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 9:29 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You can run DW on an Android device. You just need a small work around.
> > It runs slower than on a PC but will get the job done if you only need it
> > as a server
> >
> > You can run Windows 98 on your Android Device, using an App called Bochs.
> > Bochs is an app that can emulate practically any 32-bit operating system
> > even Windows XP (Slower).
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
> > Original Message
> > From: Nathan Byrd
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:18 AM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [Coco] Drivewire development‎
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Over the past few months I've been setting back up the CoCo I've had
> since
> > I was a child and gotten reacquainted with it. I've been super impressed
> by
> > the community, especially the availability of "labor of love" projects
> such
> > as Drivewire. As a software developer, I'd like to try to help give back
> to
> > the community, especially with some ideas I've had around Drivewire
> updates
> > and new features.
> >
> > It looks like the latest release hasn't been for a number of years, and I
> > wanted to see who if anyone is actively working on Drivewire development?
> > A couple of changes that I'd like to contribute include:
> >
> > Short term
> > * Migrate the project from CVS to GIT (GitHub or GitLab)
> > * Update the project from Ant to Gradle (for better dependency
> management)
> > * Look at replacing the serial library with one with more active
> > development and better cross platform support
> > * Some code refactoring
> >
> > Longer term
> > * Add (or replace the current GUI with) a new web-based front-end,
> > particularly useful for running on a headless raspberry pi for example,
> > plus possibly removing another platform dependency
> > * Android version - I think this could be really cool, using a phone or
> > tablet as a drivewire server, no additional PC needed
> > * Virtual cassette support - add support for queing up and playing a .WAV
> > file for bootstrapping HDBDos etc. Could support remote URLs etc like the
> > current .DSK support. Maybe with a converter from .BIN and multiple files
> > from a .DSK would be cool too
> >
> > This isn't a full list or anything, just some of the ideas I've been
> > playing with - with a migration to a new platform like GitHub we could
> also
> > have an issue tracker to find out what other changes people want to see.
> > I've started on some of the short term items, but don't want to go very
> far
> > without coordination with any current team members. Can anyone help point
> > me in the right direction? Is there a slack or irc channel etc to talk
> > about development or another preferred way for communication?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Nathan Byrd
> >
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