[Coco] DriveWire 4 - Version 4.0

[Mike Rowen]

Looking very forward to taking it for a drive this weekend. Visited the web page. The new features look fantastic. Thanks for all of your hard work on this!

On Jan 5, 2012, at 2:31 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's done.. almost.
> 
> https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/
> 
> There is one feature disabled: the advanced configuration editor.  Its
> a beast, and has been holding everything else back.
> The software is still quite usable without it, as the simple wizard
> will walk you through the basic configuration and the
> config file can always be edited by hand or manipulated from the CoCo
> using dw commands anyway.
> 
> Speaking of config files...  things have changed.  Configs from all
> previous versions will not work well with this and future versions.
> I tried to avoid this but early mistakes have taken a toll and it's
> time to fix things.  I hope it's not too inconvenient.  If you have
> created an elaborate configuration that you're attached to, let me
> know and maybe it can be edited in place to work with the new version,
> but it isn't trivial.
> 
> Enough bad news, the good news is:
> 
> New easy guided setup wizard thing to help you get started
> New fancy pants graphics everywhere
> Simplified interface that makes managing disks very easy
> New DW Browser for the easiest Internet -> CoCo process ever.
> Added support for DMK, JVC and VDK images
> Local server built right into client
> Lower memory use/better performance
> A single package now supports Win/Lin/Mac/BSD in 32 or 64 bit flavors.
> Maybe not a big deal to most folks, but very very nice for me
> RXTX is built in and the libpaths are mangled automagically so it
> "just works".. no more worrying about what craziness your linux distro
> has done to it's Java.
> Built in bug reporting.. when things go wrong, just push the button to
> send me everything I need to know.  Or don't.. privacy is fully
> respected.
> Countless minor improvements and fixes
> 
> I also added a little thank you to lots of the folks that have helped
> me with the project in the Help.. About area.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
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