Re: KansasFest 2008 Report - Saturday

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jul 29, 11:37 am, "geoff" <ge...@a2central.com.remove-t28-this>
wrote:
>   To: pitz
> I haven't finished going through the toolset source so it can have new
> features added in the future--this could result in the developer interface
> needing to be changed.  I can provide an archive for any developer who needs
> immediate access to write software with md2 or sha1 (contact my gwlink email
> address--it can be found through Google).  The binary version of the toolset
> can be included with any software that uses it.  The lack of a public download
> now should not prevent any Marinetti application development.
>
> Geoff
>
>  > Has Geoff released the new hash tool for download somewhere?  Could be very
>  > useful for developing applications on top of Marinetti.
>
>  > /Peter
>
>  > > Geoff Weiss presented two software products.  One is MegaMemory
>  > > Tester, a program to test memory on expansion cards.  The system test can
>  > > test the memory on the GS, so now we're covered.  For developers,
>  > > he also announced a new Hash tool that will allow md2, md4, md5 and
>  > > sha1 hashes.  Like I really know what all that means.  Might allow GS
>  > > programs to log into secure sites with future programs.  Developers
>  > > can ask Geoff for the new tool.

I just thought that I'd point out that it was I who did all the
porting of the algorithms into Orca/C and passed them onto Geoff.
Andrew Roughan was the driving force behind a lot of this work also
(as he requires some of these algorithms for future works of his own).

I wanted to point this out for 2 reasons:
1) if there's something wrong with the algorithms you can probably
blame me; and
2) I was missing out on all of the accolades. ;-)

Geoff is doing all of the toolset stuff and has managed to find a way
of linking his existing toolset with my ported Orca/C code. This seems
like a great way to port existing code onto the IIgs as it allows for
easier maintenance (I would assume more people know C than 65816
assembly).

Cheers,
Mike