[Coco] Alternatives to Java Drive Wire.

coco at jechar.ca coco at jechar.ca
Mon Jul 15 15:32:53 EDT 2019


Also 1. does pyWire have to run on a webserver ?
      2. What would be the sample comand line for mounting TEST.DSK
         for access by a coco3 ? ( If I can get that far I can probably
         figure out the rest from the manual. )

On 2019-07-15 15:07, coco at jechar.ca wrote:
> On 2019-07-15 11:37, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>> As a side note,PyWire does not offer complete support of all the
>> DriveWire4 functions such as Virtual Ports, DW MIDI, Virtual Printer,
>> and Virtual Terminals...
>> Don't get me wrong, I applaud the efforts put into PyWire, but my
>> software uses the extra functions of DW4 and will not run on PyWire.
>> 
>> B.Pierce
> 
>  I think the Java Drivewire4 server is the best, my concerns are that
>  it might loose it's compatability. Packageing it as a Flatpack or 
> AppImage
>  could solve that problem but I think that might be a violation of the 
> Oracle
>  license terms. The python version however could be packed that way 
> ensuing
>  ongoing compatibility.
> 
>  If the Java version can be made to work with the non Oracle GNU 
> version of Java
>  perhaps then it could be distributed as a AppImage.


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