Re: ADTPro 1.2.1 Released

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

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

Speed is good!

Nice work, David, and a great video.

-michael

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