Re: Some place else to download a2gameserver?

["BLuRry" <brendan.robert@gmail.com>]

Nama wrote:
> I was hoping that I could post a success, but it seems that we still
> not quite there yet. The Apple now loads the sos file, and as far as I
> can tell it gets fully through the Init script the the 'END'.
> But then terminal reports this:
>
> ...
> /* running target END */
> sending offset: 0, length=1024
> Checksum failed: expected [74] but timed out

This means there is a driver communication error.  You can try to kick
the apple by pressing ctrl-reset, going into the monitor, and
restarting the driver with: BEFFG   If it appears "frozen" then the
program is running.  Restart the java program, and it should skip over
the bootstrap part of sending the driver over.

> java.io.IOException: Expected hi but got

This means the driver on the apple is not responding to the acknowledge
command.  This means it got stuck in a rut for some reason.  How long
is your serial cable?
> java.nio.BufferOverflowException
>         at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.put(HeapByteBuffer.java:165)

Wow.  Never saw that one.  I should try putting some more protective
coding in there to analyze how that could happen.  Never ran into that
before.

> ...the Apple II screen sometimes fills with some garbled text with
> large areas of flashing D's (and sometimes some C's). Sometimes the
> screen then changes to a full screen of flashing D's (sometimes it
> doesn't)

Well, there is one remaining problem which is that a lot of lower-case
letters are being sent over still -- but that should only result in
funky garbage on the screen.  When you see a lot of flashing garbage,
and no communication errors on the java side, try just pressing return
and see if it does anything.  In the mean time, what are the dip switch
settings on the SSC, the position of the host/terminal block, and the
type/length of serial cable connecting it to your mac?  Are there any
large electromagnets resting along the length of the serial cable?  ;-)

-B