From: Christian Johansson (c64_at_comhem.se)
Date: 2004-11-06 21:17:36
This sounds really great :-) although personally I think I will wait until
more people have tested it and if they don't experience any serious problems
I might consider buying an XA1541 cable and try it myself. Anyway, it is a
really good initiative. Something like this has been missing for a long
time.
/Christian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spiro Trikaliotis" <ml-cbmhackers@trikaliotis.net>
To: "cbm-hackers ML" <cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se>
Cc: "cbm4win-announce ML" <cbm4win-announce@lists.sourceforge.net>;
"cbm4win-user ML" <cbm4win-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: Announce: cbm4win version 0.11
> 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
>
> --
> Spiro R. Trikaliotis
> http://www.trikaliotis.net/
>
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