[Coco] DriveWire 4 - Version 4.0

[Aaron Wolfe]

Thanks for the bug reports!
Version 4.0.2 is now available:   https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/

Fixed scrolling of wizard for smaller screens
Added FPGA to device selection, added baud rate setting to wizard for
FPGA devices
Fixed display issues in Help.. About on Linux systems
Fixed RXTX issue on 32 bit Linuxes
Fixed premature "out of memory" error on loading large disk images
Added --debug command line option

-Aaron


On Thu, 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