[Coco] YA-DOS 0.5A Released

[Steve Strowbridge]

@Walter Zambotti I just took a look at this, too.  Brett is using a "Google
Site" to host this, and I'm using Google Chrome as my default browser.
Chrome has the ability to associate various files types to either
extensions/plugins or other "chrome apps".
In my case, when I simply click on the file in my browser, the first thing
I see is just the contents of the ZIP file, but at the top of that screen
there is a drop down that says open with "Zip Extractor" and I can even
drop down and see a few other options, at some point, which escapes me, I
must have associated this app with Chrome and ZIP files, and while I don't
have any "trust issues" with that process, an easier one, which I would
use, would be rather than left-clicking the file from the main page, I did
a right-click, on the YA-DOS ZIP file, and chose "save link as", and thins
brings up the typical file management dialog box allowing me to save it to
where I see fit.

Hope this helps.


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On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 7:35 AM Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
wrote:

> Brett
>
> the download is hampered by that fact the file to download is a zip file
> which causes google to refer you to a third party site
> https://zipextractor.app/ in order to gain access.
>
> I don;t know or trust that site and do not wish to authorize it to my
> google account.
>
> Is there some other way to get the download?
>
> Walter
>
> On 2020-05-06 23:38, Brett Gordon wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm pleased to release version .5a of YA-DOS today.  Yados is a DECB 16K
> > ROM replacement (much like HDBDOS/RGB DOS) for all Color Computers. It's
> > main feature is that it has disk drivers for many common, modern,
> devices.
> > Allowing BASIC scriptable cross-disk copying.
> >
> > Read about it / download it here:
> > https://sites.google.com/site/cocoboot2/ya-dos
> >
> > New features in .5a (not counting a half dozen bug-fixes)
> >
> > * User selectable boot drivers via keyboard
> >      - Hold down 0-8 key to boot from a specific driver
> > * dwprint utility
> >      - Installs a TSR to redirect BASIC printer #-2 to the Drivewire
> > subsystem
> > * Example loadable driver rs232 pak
> >      - A programming example of a RAM bases loadable driver
> > * Limit support for rs232 pak DW as drive no 0
> >      - DW over a RS232 PACK device (115,2000 bps on CoCo1)
> > * Elimination of timeout for SDC access
> >      - Allows older/slower SD card to catch up to huge image lookups
> > * New "DRIVE, No." command
> >      - A navigation statement to map a device's partitions to one big
> giant
> >      logically numbered collection
> >
> > Sincerely, Brett
> >
>
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