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DriveWire Documentation

• Before you start
• Get started with DriveWire 4
  • Step 1: Download the DriveWire 4 software
  • Step 2: Install DriveWire 4
  • Step 3: Run DriveWire 4
  • Step 4: Configure DriveWire 4
• Carry on
• Technical information
• Bugs
• Source code
• License

Before you start

DriveWire 4 is a 100% compatible drop in replacement for the DriveWire 3 software. The requirements for connecting a CoCo to DriveWire 4 are identical to those for DriveWire 3.

Please consult the DriveWire 3 documentation for all the information needed to get your CoCo ready to talk to DriveWire 4.

Get started with DriveWire 4

Step 1: Download the DriveWire 4 software

Download the current version from the DriveWire 4 website

Step 2: Install DriveWire 4

Installing DriveWire 4 just means unpacking the zip file where ever you'd like. There is no installation program to run.

DriveWire 4 requires a Java JRE to be installed and working on your system. If you don't have one, you can visit http://www.java.com/getjava/ and follow the prompts.

Step 3: Run DriveWire 4

To start DriveWire 4, double click on the file most likely to work on your system:

• Windows users can double click on DW4UI.exe or DW4UI.jar
• Mac OS X users can double click on DW4UI.command
• Linux and *BSD users can double click DW4UI.sh

Step 4: Configure DriveWire 4

To configure DriveWire, choose "Simple Config Wizard" from the "Config" menu.

Carry on

Here are some additional topics that all users may find interesting or helpful.

[Using_DriveWire]

[Solving_low_memory_issues]

Technical information

These topics are probably only of interest to programmers, hackers, and advanced users.

[Config.xml] (wip, and not applicable to current release)

[OS9_Modules]

[The_'dw'_commands]

[Building_from_source]

[Writing_Network_Capable_Software]

[DriveWire_Specification]

[Becker_port_specification]

Bugs

Feel free to post bug reports in the tickets tracker (Tickets tab above). However this is largely unmaintained at this point.

Source code

The code is hosted in git (see the Git tab above). To get a copy of the repository:
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/drivewireserver/git drivewireserver

License

DriveWire is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

DriveWire is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.