[Coco] Drivewire development

Thu Jul 19 14:31:09 EDT 2018

 This sounds like a fantastic experiment! Alas, I can't get to it just now. Salvador

    On Thursday, July 19, 2018, 10:15:21 AM CDT, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:  

 If u want to see proof of concept with this just install Blue Stacks on your PC. This is an android emulator for the PC. Next install Bochs then run Win 98 in it. Now put DW3 on the destop of the win98.  Run DW3 Using COMM 4 and connect your dw cable to the PC and coco

That's it.  That easy

So the only hard part will be interfacing the Androids USB OTG port to the dw cable

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From: rietveld rietveld
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 11:10 AM
To: Nathan Byrd
Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire development

DW3 runs on android. U just need to interface the phone/tablet to the dw cable that is connected to the real coco hardware

Real coco hardware not emulation. The only emulation is the 'win 98' on the Android. But it's not technically be emulated.  It's actually running win 98 in a 'shell' under Android

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  Original Message
From: Nathan Byrd
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 11:05 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire development

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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