Re: Good copy of MacADT 1.2.1

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <3d7aa99a.0305221450.62740d36@posting.google.com>,
 willi@wilserv.com (Willi Kusche) wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message 
> news:<M%7za.16095$JX2.988250@typhoon.sonic.net>...
> > Got it! Damn! No source! Wanted to see how somebody else handled the 
> > "get a directory" code. But it's functional.
> > The link in the docfile to get the source is dead and gone, and the 
> > email bounced for me. So much for THAT plan... <sigh> 
> 
>     You may not have been able to get the source for the Mac version
> of the ADT server but the Amiga version of the server has "C" source.
> 
> > Oh well... it's functional, even if I don't really care for the 
> > interface, and can see several places that could use tweaking. 
> > Mine should be operational enough to at least test it later today, if I 
> > can get some time clear to put in on it. One thing I have to say I 
> > *REALLY* like about the version you've got sitting there is the "install 
> > ADT on the apple II" feature... Very nice touch.
> > I'll have to see about throwing that, or something like it, into mine, 
> > as well :)
> 
>     I'm trying to decide if ADT servers written for the the PC, the
> Mac and the Amiga need to be functionally identical.  My first impulse
> is that they should be but that may not be right.
> 
> Willi

I've got the (Turbo C) source code from the Wintel-based ADT 1.2.1. From 
what I can see on both ends (The Apple II source code is there as well) 
the basic operation is pretty much set in stone due to what the Apple II 
side of the connection is going to expect and respond to. There's 
nothing particularly complex about it (most "difficult" operation is 
generating a CRC-16 checksum), but since the Apple II side is going to 
be expecting *EXACTLY THIS, AND NOTHING ELSE* to come through the pipe, 
it's prety fixed in how you can do the actual transfer work. 

As far as what the user interface looks like... <shrug> That's a 
complete and total no-holds-barred free-for-all. Wanna make it look like 
space invaders? Or a Windows FTP session? Or like somebody is typing it 
across your screen as the file is sent? Or something else? Go for it! 
But don't screw with the stuff that actually goes across the connection, 
or the Apple II end is almost certainly going to break. Unless, of 
course, you re-write THAT end, too... I'm rusty in 6502/65C02 assembly, 
but like riding a bike, it all comes back when you start doing it again. 
Gimme some motivation (read "$$$"), and a couple weeks to "immerse" 
myself in the code, and I can probably come up with a custom version for 
the Apple II end of things. Quite frankly, though, I see no real reason 
to bother. Paul did a good job with that.

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