On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de> wrote:
And be sure: If you release your software, I'll try it out.
That's a when, not an if! :) I'm improving it right now for a faster
transfer stream. I hope to have something official by the beginning of next
week at the latest.
I see that you use Windows on the server side - I
don't have Windows :-(
Does it run under Linux as well? Or is the core functionality encapsuled
platform independent? Or do I have to make a Linux version?
I wrote this with Linux in mind, in fact. I wrote this entirely in C, and
it compiles under gcc for both Mac OS X and Cygwin. I don't have a native
DOS/Windows version, and I don't intend to support one at this time.
So rest assured, everyone: it will is supported on Linux, Mac OS X and
Windows under Cygwin.
I intend to bring out the Raspberry Pi shortly. The only downside is that
the USB functionality is hindered greatly by the fact that both USB ports
and the Ethernet port all tie into the same bus. Also, I don't mind running
headless, but with both USB ports taken up by USB-serial converters, I
won't have a spot for a flash drive. Either I'll map a network drive or
just suffer with using the SD card. Then again, if I use a real man's
terminal, I'll save a USB port! :)
My other goal is to compile this for an Arduino (or compatible) and have a
"hands-free" version that can sit nicely in the case of the PDP-8 and not
require any external maintenance. I fear though that I won't have enough
RAM in the Arduino to buffer the input stream. I may have to handicap the
handler a bit to fix that.
Kyle