From: Spiro Trikaliotis (ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net)
Date: 2004-11-06 19:53:09
Hello list,
after asking MagerValp if it is ok to do so, I want to announce the
availability of cbm4win, version 0.11.
What is cbm4win?
cbm4win is a port of cbm4linux [1] to Windows. It allows for access
to a VIC 1540, 1541, 1570, 1571, or even 1581 floppy drive from the
PC on Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
Is Windows 95, 98 or Me supported?
No, there is currently no support for these Windows versions.
Anyway, support for Windows 98 Second Edition and Me is planned.
What can I do with cbm4win?
The most important things you can do is to copy D64 or D71 images
from a real drive to the PC, or from the PC to a real drive with the
help of d64copy.
Furthermore, you can copy single files in both directions, too.
Some more tools (for example, cbmctrl) are given, too.
Is there 3rd party support for cbm4win?
VICE [2] will have support for cbm4win in the next version. There is an
internal version of YAPE [3] which supports cbm4win, too.
Other people have already showed interest in supporting cbm4win in
their products, too.
What is the development state of cbm4win?
cbm4win is still in development. In fact, this is the first "almost"
public announcement of it. I hope to get some valuable feedback
before letting cbm4win out "in the wild". I use the cbm-hackers
mailing list because I think here are the knowledgeable people and
enthusiast which will help me find the biggest bugs.
Although cbm4win has showed very stable in the past, I have to warn
you:
THIS DRIVER IS IN DEVELOPMENT! BECAUSE OF THIS, I DO NOT RECOMMEND TO
USE IT! - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
As this is a kernel-mode driver, malfunctioning can cause severe
damage to your installed operating system and any application and/or
data on it. Because of this, you should not use this driver without
DOING A BACKUP BEFORE STARTING THIS DRIVER!
What hardware is needed in order to use cbm4win?
Of course, you need a PC running Windows NT, 2000, XP, or 2003.
Furthermore, you need a real drive, like the VIC 1540, 1541, 1570,
1571, or 1581 (1581 not fully supported). Then, you need an XA1541,
XM1541, XAP1541 or XMP1541 cable in order to connect the driver with
the PC.
Acknowledgements and Thanks
Cbm4win is heavily based on cbm4linux [1], written by Michael Klein.
Cbm4linux itself uses work from Star Commander [4], written by KOVÁCS
Balázs a.k.a. "Joe Forster". I like to thank both for their steady
help and their patience.
Furthermore, I want to thank the following people:
- Michael Klein for cbm4linux and many discussions. I do not know if I
would have started this project without this.
- KOVÁCS Balázs a.k.a. "Joe Forster" for Star Commander, his advice,
and for giving me cables for free to work on this project;
- Wolfgang Moser for steady discussions, testing, and bug reports, as
well as giving me some more needed equipment;
- all of my testers for steady tests, reports, and discussions.
Contact, Download, Further Info:
cbm4win can be found and downloaded at
http://www.trikaliotis.net/cbm4win [5]
PLEASE, DO NOT SPREAD THIS LINK (YET). I will wait for feedback from
this announcement. If there is no critical bug, then I will announce
it publically in the near future (most probably, next weekend).
Furthermore, I have setup a project page on sourceforge [6]. If you
want to submit bug reports, I would thank you for submitting to the
bug tracking system [7] over there. There are even two mailing lists
available for announcements [8] and for user discussions [9].
If you want to contact me directly, just contact me at
cbm4win@trikaliotis.net, or go to my homepage at
http://www.trikaliotis.net/.
Any hints, suggestions, and the like are welcome!
Happy transferring,
Spiro.
[1] http://www.lb.shuttle.de/puffin/cbm4linux/
[2] http://www.viceteam.org/
[3] http://yape.plus4.net/
[4] http://sta.c64.org/sc.html
[5] http://www.trikaliotis.net/cbm4win
[6] http://sf.net/projects/cbm4win/
[7] http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=122047&atid=692219
[8] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cbm4win-announce
[9] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cbm4win-user
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Spiro R. Trikaliotis
http://www.trikaliotis.net/
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