Re: Mac ADT download

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <fa2dnU0Di4lQr1ajXTWcqg@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> For those who are interested, here is the link to the
> page where MacADT can be downloaded. ;-)
> 
> http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/apple_II/utility/

Assuming it can be uncrated when the download is complete... The one 
(Actually, there are two versions there) on Asimov is baked. Nothing I 
throw it at will uncrate it, and more frustrating, nothing I throw it at 
gives me any kind of "Hey! There's something wrong with this file" 
indication to explain the failure. 

> No need to write or port one.

Maybe not, but I'll still be finishing up mine anyway. As of right now, 
it needs the "read the IBM (or in this case, Mac) directory and ship it 
to the Apple" code", and the serial port glue finished up. I've already 
got a crude, but functional "gotoXY() capable" console display written, 
and the rest of it altered as needed to run. Just gotta finish the 
directory and serial routines. Another half a day of hacking on things 
should see me ready for initial testing.

That console module was the most difficult part about the whole project 
so far, and it looks like when I get done, I'm going to go ahead and 
"improve" that code as a replacement for SIOUX in CodeWarrior. SIOUX 
("Simple Input Output User eXchange") is nice and all, but it really 
sucks that it doesn't have the ability to do simple things like 
gotoXY(), clrscr(), and several other handy things that are considered 
bare-minimum functionality on any Wintel box, and most other computers. 
Maybe that's why they call it "SIOUX" instead of "IOUX"... <shrug>

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