Re: ADTPro 1.2.1 Released

[mressl@macgui.com (Marc S Ressl)]

David Schmidt wrote:
> This release has a couple of snazzy things that folks won't need to see 
> very often:
> 
> The bare-metal bootstrapper works in about 1/3 the time it did before. 
> It now shifts the serial hardware into high gear to transmit the bulk of 
> the code in binary rather than via text on the screen.  Much the same 
> way as Blurry's Apple Game Server.
> 
> There's a video of Speediboot(tm) in action here:
> http://youtu.be/1xworYThmMI
> 
> The OSX version of the sever has an "installer" whereby the user drags 
> the ADTPro folder to the Applications folder.  Much the same way as lots 
> of OSX installers, like Mozilla.
> 
> http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
> 
> 1.2.1 - April 12, 2012
> 
> New functionality:
> 
> * Serial now bootstraps from bare metal in 1/3 the time it used
>    to take with Speediboot(tm) technology
> 
> * [Server] Mac OSX has a prettier "installer" via the DMG - just
>    drag/drop the ADTPro folder to Applications
> 
> Bug fixes:
> 
> * [Server] Improve serial error recovery for two different
>    scenarios: 1, by waiting (much) longer before timing out to
>    allow for problemtatic/errorful block reads, and 2, flushing
>    the serial port after things like checksum errors
>

Thanks for all the good work!

:-D

With the best wishes,

Marc.-