[Coco] Drivewire development

[Nathan Byrd]

Thanks Kevin! This looks like a fun project, I wonder if it might be
possible to adapt that to run on one of the python microcontrollers like
the Adafruit Trinket M0 for a truly tiny Drivewire server - could make
Drivewire into a self contained dongle that way 🙂 (though to be fair you
can already do that with a RPi zero)

I was thinking about continuing with the java version for two reasons -
first because that's the one everyone already uses and enhancements might
help more people, and also Java plays well with Android.  I really hope
this keeps going though and I'll try it out and maybe see if I can help
contribute anything to that too.



On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 9:42 AM Kevin Becker <kevin at kevinbecker.org> wrote:

> Mike Furman is working on implementing Drivewire in Python which might be a
> better place to start.
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> https://github.com/n6il/pyDriveWire
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> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Nathan Byrd <techy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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