/piggy

A simple serial (SIO) file transfer utility for RC2014/RomWBW

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Custom serial transfer utility for RC2014/RomWBW

Piggy is an optimised serial file transfer protocol - custom built - to minimise the time it take to transmit a file from a PC to a RC2014 or RomWBW based Z80 computer.

Its designed to run under CPM with HBIOS support, using the SIO/2 chip.

How to

run the following on the PC

node piggyserver.js --port COM6 --baud 115200

for more options run node piggyserver.js --help

On the RC2014 unit, under CPM

pget.com <FILE>

Setup and prepare

Connect PC to RC2014 via the 2nd serial port.

copy the binary pget.com to your RC2014 using XM (xmodem)

Building/installing

npm ci

make

Build prerequisite