Wouldn't it be nice to have a client a2pi*.s on the GS?

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Wouldn't it be nice to have a client a2pi*.s on the GS?

david-schmidt opened this issue 10 years ago · 3 comments

So, there's a2pi.s and a2piplus.s. I guess a GS version would be a2pigs.s. Some basic questions... how do the .s files get assembled (I assume by Merlin), how do they get invoked at the client end (I assume there is some init code in startup), and the coolest thing would probably be to autodetect which machine it was on and pick the appropriate client.

Answer 1 · 2015-02-18T18:34:08.000Z

On Feb 18, 2015, at 8:06 AM, David Schmidt notifications@github.com wrote:

So, there's a2pi.s and a2piplus.s. I guess a GS version would be a2pigs.s.

Yep. That is the network name of my IIgs.

Some basic questions... how do the .s files get assembled (I assume by Merlin), how do they get invoked at the client end (I assume there is some init code in startup), and the coolest thing would probably be to autodetect which machine it was on and pick the appropriate client.

The machine detection is already in the startup program. It only differentiates between the ][+ and later models. I just never wrote a IIgs client because it wasn't high on my priority list and I don't have the correct serial cable (and I secretly hate the IIgs )

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If anyone wants to write it, I'll add it the next version.

Answer 2 · 2015-02-18T19:36:13.000Z

Yep, I finally found all the bits on the project. I'll add a little more discriminating detector and a pigs file. After one year - it seems you have your first IIgs customer.

(and I secretly hate the IIgs )
Amen, brother Davex. I'll send you a serial cable if you want one. But that removes an excuse, so I understand if you don't...

Answer 3 · 2015-02-23T17:11:15.000Z

First pass implemented in pull request #7. It will be interesting to consider the case where an Apple II Pi card (with 6551 chip) is inserted into a GS. I'm not sure how we would autodetect the card vs. an SSC card vs. the native serial SCC serial port(s) - and correctly decide which to use. We might have to let autodetection fail in that case and ask the user to choose which driver to use (6551 vs. SCC-based).