Fix for Win98 ^ ME

[Michael V. Miller]

I realize this will not be useful for most people, but I fixed the ADTPRO.BAT file for ADTPRO 2.0.1 to work with Windows 98 and ME. The default ADTPRO.BAT file assumes you are using an NT version of Windows and uses commands to set up the Java environment that are incompatible with 98 and ME.

I can confirm that ADTPro 2.0.1 works just fine in Windows 98 and ME. You will need to use the Sun Java JRE 5 (I am using Update 18), and do the following:

Create a file in your ADTPRO-2.0.1 Folder called W9X.TXT. This file will consist of only one line:

SET CWD=

It is important there are no linefeeds or extra lines after the '='. Then run this modified version of ADTPRO.BAT:

@echo off
REM
REM ADTPro - Windows startup batch file
REM
REM Note:
REM   Invoke with the name of the communications button to push
REM   in order to start with that mode active (i.e. 'adtpro ethernet')

if exist w9xdone.tmp goto Win9xDone
if exist w9xtrue.tmp goto Win9x2
IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="" GOTO Win9x

SET ADTPRO_HOME=%CD%\
SET CWD=%CD%

GOTO Normal

:Win9x
cd >w9xtrue.tmp
command /e:8192 /c adtpro.bat %*
if exist w9xdone.tmp goto Win9xDone

:Win9x2
SET PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
cd >tmp.txt
cd >w9xdone.tmp
copy w9x.txt+tmp.txt w9x.bat
call w9x.bat
del tmp.txt
del w9x.bat
del w9xtrue.tmp
SET ADTPRO_HOME=%CWD%\
goto Normal

:Win9xDone
del w9xdone.tmp
goto End

:Normal
REM You can set two variables here:
REM   1. %JAVA_HOME% - to pick a particular java to run under
REM   2. %ADTPRO_HOME% - to say where you installed ADTPro
REM
REM e.g. uncomment (remove the "REM" from in front of) and
REM      customize the following SET statements.  
REM Note: They must have a trailing backslash as in the examples!
REM 
REM SET ADTPRO_HOME=C:\src\workspace\35\adtpro\build\
REM SET MY_JAVA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\IBM\Java142\bin\

set RXTX_PATH=rxtx-2.1-7-bins-r2
set RXTX_ARCH=%RXTX_PATH%\Windows\i368-mingw32

IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="x86" goto add_classpath

:bit64
REM Assume 64 bit Windows if not x86
set RXTX_PATH=ch-rxtx-2.2-20081207-win-x64
set RXTX_ARCH=%RXTX_PATH%

:add_classpath
if "%ADTPRO_CLASSPATH_SET%" == "1" goto start
set ADTPRO_CLASSPATH_SET=1
PATH="%PATH%;%ADTPRO_HOME%lib\rxtx\%RXTX_ARCH%"

:start
CD "%ADTPRO_HOME%disks"
start /min %MY_JAVA_HOME%java -Xms128m -Xmx256m %ADTPRO_EXTRA_JAVA_PARMS% -cp "%ADTPRO_HOME%lib\ADTPro-2.0.1.jar";"%ADTPRO_HOME%lib\rxtx\%RXTX_PATH%\RXTXcomm.jar";"%ADTPRO_HOME%lib\AppleCommander\AppleCommander-1.3.5.13-ac.jar" org.adtpro.ADTPro %*
CD "%CWD%" 

:End

[David Schmidt]

Thanks for the insights, Michael. It looks like the main concern is figuring out what the current working directory of the Windows 9x family is the issue. I'll see about merging this into the mainline of the batch file. I'll need to lean on you for testing, though. ;-)

[Michael V. Miller]

No worries - I'd be happy to help. The other main concern with Win9x (addressed in this fix) is that of environment variable space. Win9x does not have an "unlimited" environment space like WinNT does, and the environment variables set in the batch file exceed the default environment space allocated by Win9x - hence the "command.com" line in there that restarts the .BAT file.