Bounty for uIEC Geos driver?
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From: redrumloa on 6 Jun 2010 14:07 I have been thinking how nice it would be if the uIEC would have a Geos/Wheels driver. On other platforms I have seen bounty systems for wanted software. Why not for this driver? The C64-Wiki page states a proof of concept driver exists and to contact a user "1570". http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/sd2iec_%28firmware%29#Is_GEOS_supported.3F I attempted to do this but was instructed I needed to log in. I attempted to register but never got a n email reply to confirm registration. Seeing I cannot code much beyond "Hello world!" in anything besides Basic myself, I am left wondering who could and what would persuade them? AROS and other systems have relatively good success with bounty programs, what about here? Wouldn't a Geos driver be the one must have bit of software for the uIEC? I'd like some input here. I could set up a new PayPal account myself and do it manually if needed, I would even be willing to donate $50 to start. I could track donations online somewhere. I think at minimum Geos 64 and 128, Plus Wheels 64 and 128 should be working to claim the bounty. Input please.
From: RobertB on 6 Jun 2010 18:50 FWIW, GEOS was announced to be working on the IDE64 a few days ago. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug July 24-25 Commodore Vegas Expo 2010 - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX
From: DMackey828 on 6 Jun 2010 19:02 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 15:50:19 -0700 (PDT), RobertB <rbernardo(a)iglou.com> wrote: >FWIW, GEOS was announced to be working on >the IDE64 a few days ago. Hey Robert, To do have a webs site that has that posted? Would love to give it a go sometime myself.. TIA.
From: RobertB on 6 Jun 2010 20:09 On Jun 6, 4:02 pm, DMackey828 <n2...(a)NOSPAMarrl.net> wrote: > To do have a webs site that has that posted? Petter Lindquist has it. He wrote, "There are still a couple of things to be done, but I've uploaded a demo with with geolink and a loader on http://mumu21.se/?page=417 Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug July 24-25 Commodore Vegas Expo 2010 - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX
From: xlar54 on 6 Jun 2010 23:04
Once upon a time (http://www.commodore128.org/index.php?topic=1002.0) there was a link to a completely reverse engineered copy of the GEOS source code. The link doesnt work anymore, but i have the code. Maybe some brilliant mind out there could fix it for uIEC. My guess though, is that since it uses its own fastloader code and does alot of old-school disk stuff, that it would be more than a little tricky. |