[Coco] CocoPi3 Update

[Glen Hewlett]

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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