Re: ADTPro question or idea

[schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com>]

On Sep 28, 7:50 pm, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So I've been using ADTPro 1.02 with mg Uthernet-equipped GS lately,
> and it is truly amazing. Hat's off to you for making it.
Thanks much.  It's been fun, and maddening all at the same time.

> Still, I was thinking of a different way to use it. Suppose I wanted
> to use ADTPro to simply use the uthernet (or serial connection) to
> simply *transfer* the disk image file (or indeed, any file) to or from
> the Apple to the PC host, without actually creating the disk or disk
> file?

Well, then, you'd want a generic file transfer program.  Or CiderPress
coupled with a CFFA card.  Depending on what you're really after,
Apple II Game Server will send a file directly into the Apple's
memory: http://a2gameserver.berlios.de/

> Is there already some hidden way to just do file transfers over the
> Uthernet? Or is this some sort of useless pipe-dream feature?

I assure you, nothing is hidden about the Uthernet.  All is there for
you to see.  You need a TCP (I actually just used UDP) stack and some
software to talk on it.

> Or is there already a decent FTP program that will do this? (I hate to
> have to install Marionetti and boot to GSOS when an 8-bit program
> would do the job, but I digress.)

I think you should check out Contiki: http://www.sics.se/contiki/
I've been chastised before for not living on top of a "real" OS for
Apples, but in this case I'm in favor of a special-purpose, dedicated
communications "platform."

> Anyway, thanks again for a great program!

You're quite welcome.  Some of it I wrote myself, but lots of it came
from lots of different places.