Re: Apple Disk Server Beta. Need testers.

[Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com>]

On Jan 7, 7:41 am, David Schmidt <david4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 1:56 am, Egan Ford <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 1.  Added no-format and format versions as requested.
>
> Works.  Good implementation on the website.  Still looking for some
> cheat-sheet info there... "plug audio cable in to Cassette Out (II+),
> audio plug next to joystick port (IIe)" or so.
>
> > 2.  Volume at 100%.  Cannot get any louder.
>
> Behavior at my end is exactly the same.  The iPad must do some volume
> regulation, because behavior hasn't changed since the "50%" level the
> other day.  One notch down from 100% volume on my end, and I start to
> get CRC errors, no matter what Audacity says.
>
> > 3.  Start motor before inflate.
>
> Works, if a little early. ;-)
>
> > 4.  Got rid of WAITING FOR DATA countdown.  Instead I simulate the
> > inflate code, count the cycles and compute the exact time it needs.
> > The only variable is the write time and that has stabilized since pre-
> > starting the motor.  All disks take less than 3 minutes now to
> > download and write.
>
> That makes the process look smoother.
>
> > Can you test it this weekend?  And do not forget to testhttp://asciiexpress.net/gameserver.1andtell me if HIFI works from
> > there.
>
> Interesting: game server works 100% of the time on my reticent IIe at
> 100% volume with BOTH lo and hi-fi settings.
>
> Disk server still fails; the behavior is this: Hitting LOAD, you get
> the beep at 3.5ish seconds, then after 5 or 6 seconds, the message
> "LOADING INSTA-DISK, ETA 9 SEC. ERROR" shows up.  So I get the LOADING
> message with (as far as I can tell) instant failure.

Another question.  When you use http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver
(without the .1) with HIFI games do you get LOADING ..... OK CHKSUM
ERROR or LOADING ..... ERROR.

Thanks.