Re: Apple Disk Server. Final Beta (I hope).

[David Schmidt <david4602@gmail.com>]

On Jan 9, 5:47 pm, Steve Nickolas
<lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Egan Ford wrote:
> > On Jan 8, 11:36 pm, David Schmidt <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >>   * The website looks goofy on a non-Apple host computer.  Must be
> >> missing some fonts somewhere along the line.  Most things are readable,
> >> but the inverse text is unintelligible.
>
> > Non-Apple?  Or non-Safari/Firefox/Chrome?  I.e. IE.  Specifically IE9.
>
> > I tested on my wife's computer (Windows 7) without issue with Chrome,
> > but with IE9 the TTF fonts do not get downloaded and/or rendered.  The
> > inverse, if you look carefully, actually has the scan lines in the
> > background (as it should be).  It's not as simple as changing the BG/
> > FG colors.  The TTF font requires different codes for inverse (|
> > 0x80).  And, with IE9, I cannot get the HTML5 audio controls to
> > appear.
>
> Seems to work, at least visually, on Seamonkey...no surprise since the
> backend is the same as Firefox.
>
> >>   * At the end of the ordeal, you're dropped into the monitor at the
> >> Apple II with the admonition to remove the disk.  Seems like most folks
> >> would want to be left at the Applesoft prompt, and would also want to be
> >> advised to boot the disk (with PR#6 or C600G, if they're still at the
> >> monitor).
>
> > I'll get in the next release.
>
> I wonder if "lda #$06", "jsr $FE95" would be somewhat better than just
> jumping to C600? (it's the equivalent of a pr#6)

The end of the operation could offer to do it for them, but you
wouldn't want to reboot by default.