Re: Introducing A New Project: A2Command - A File Manager for Enhanced Apple II Systems

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Jan 5, 6:25 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Jan 5, 8:07 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 01/05/2011 03:07 AM, Payton Byrd wrote:
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> > > Hello,
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> > > Most of you probably don't know me, but I've been lurking off and on
> > > for many years.  In 2010 I created a project for the CBM machines
> > > called CBM-Command, which is a file manager in the vein of Norton
> > > Commander.  Not long after I started that project, Oliver Schmidt
> > > recommended that I port it to the Apple 2 since the project is written
> > > in C using cc65.  I began the port in May but had to back-burner it
> > > for a lot of reasons after Oliver had put a great amount of work into
> > > helping me get it up and running.  Well, half a year later and I'm
> > > back at work with A2Command.  I have a project page all set up and you
> > > can even download the source code as Oliver and I commit it.  The
> > > homepage is athttp://a2command.codeplex.comandI'm sure you'll be
> > > impressed with the screenshots.  Hopefully we'll get the first beta
> > > out soon (can't promise a date yet).
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> > Just excellent.  The Unix/Linux variant, Midnight Commander, is one of my most
> > valuable tools.
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> Ooooh, what if one panel could be a connected host of some sort?
> Another Apple, or probably more usefully, a "modern" computer?

Wow. So cool. I remember looking for something like this two years ago
and coming up empty. Thanks for posting, and I look forward to its
development and release.

-Warr