[cbm4linux-users] cbm4linux-0.3.0 pre-release

[Michael K. <mic...@pu...>]

Hi list,

not much going on here, huh?

Anyway, it's almost a year now since 0.2.5 and 0.3.0 took already much
too long.

http://www.lb.shuttle.de/puffin/cbm4linux/cbm4linux-0.3.0-pre2.tar.gz

Major changes since 0.2.x are:

* The driver can use the Linux parport subsystem now. It'a compile-time
  option in config.make, default is parport subsystem.
  If you intend to use it instead of direct port access you'll have to
  adjust the cbm.o and maybe the parport_pc.o parameters in
  /etc/modules.conf. See README for details.

* libcbm4linux.a is obsoleted by libopencbm.so. Shared libraries are
  good. The renaming was due to the work-in-progress NT port (nah, not
  me ;-)), so the API isn't Linux-specific any more.

* The d64copy transfer routines have been moved to libopencbm.so to
  promote front-end development.

* Fast file transfer has been added (cbmcopy). The 1541/1571 drive
  routines are again based on the Commander routines. Most of the
  transfer code is contained in libopencbm.so, hacking up a front-end is
  as easy as it can be.

* There's a funky little Perl interface now. Perl gurus are encouraged
  to send improvements. (Highly experimental)


Everyone's invited to do some testing. I'll release it "officially" in a
few days if everything looks ok.

Happy 1541ing :-)

-- 
Michael

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