Re: ADTPro beta available

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <1152431391.625537.238220@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:
> I also ported the server to Java, which gave me a couple of advantages:
> 1, I could leverage a bunch of great open source software to help jockey
> various disk formats around (.dsk, .po, .do, .2mg, .nib...  Thanks,
> AppleCommander!).
> 2, I could get something that could reach a little beyond MSDOS and
> Windows, platform-wise.
 
Your objective 2, which now is reached by emulating the JVM on
various other platforms, could also have been reached by emulating
MSDOS or Windows on various other platforms: there are Windows
emulators for both the Mac and Linux.  After all, a Java program is
just as "platform independent" as an MSDOS or Windows (or, for that
matter, an Apple II) program - it's just a matter of emulating one
platform (JVM, MSDOS/Windows, or Apple II) on another platform
(Windows, Mac, Linux).  By choosing to implement your ADT in Java,
you are btw excluding MSDOS machines as target machines, since there
is no JVM for MSDOS.
 
> Both were important design points to me.  The ADTPro server remains
> compatible with the original ADT client.
> 
> So, even though the Java part might be a bit of a pain for those that
> don't have it already installed... give it a try and let me know what
> you think.
 
Otoh, if you had implemented your ADT for MSDOS or Windows, the
MSDOS/Windows part could be a pain for those that don't already have
MSDOS/Windows (natively, or emulated) installed... :-)
 
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