[Coco] Some "docs" for Zap 1.0

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett"
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Some "docs" for Zap 1.0


> On Sunday 19 April 2015 01:31:01 K. Pruitt wrote:

<snip>

>>
>> > Version 1.0 of Zap is now available.
>> >
>> > The .dsk file containing the binary and the source file is located
>> > at:
>> >
>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ls4cw9br2u1w369/zap.dsk?oref=e
>> >
>> > and the assembly file alone in .txt format is located at:
>> >
>> > https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7od6d4zrvepl53/zap.asm?oref=e
>
> These files are not accessable to me on dropbox. I will not feed their
> spammers buy it list. They have non-members blocked, by a very bandwidth
> wasteful nethod. I would leave it running that way just to prove to
> dropbox how idiotic it is, but I am now being metered by shentel so the
> constant page reloads every 5 seconds would add to my bandwidth usage as
> well.
>

You can just close the login pop-up and it will let you download the files 
then.

> If you would like to make them available to all, send them to me by pm
> and I will make a Zap subdir on my web page where anyone can download
> them.  That sort of bandwidth usage is very nominal, and I am nowhere
> near the 300Gb cap where they will start adding another tenner to my
> bill if I exceed it.  Last months usage was 68Gb for a reference point.
>
> =========

Will do, Gene.  Thanks.

Let me fiddle with the code some more to make sure my t's are crossed and my 
i's are dotted and I'll send it to you.

>
> As a side advert here, the Cron_vE available on my web page could be
> combined to make a fully autonomous setup, by putting the zap commands
> into its Crontab.datamod (no on the minute disk access's that way), or
> into the /dd/sys/crontab file.  You would then have the same long term
> automatic functionality as if you were driving a CM11a interface, which
> has its own clock and memory you only have to update yearly with a heyu
> upload command on this box. Or you could write a vacation light schedule
> to make it look as if the lights were being turned on and off like
> someone would be doing if they were home, while you are fishing in the
> most famous bit of trout water on the planet, just 2 miles below the
> Navajo Dam on the San Juan River in New Mexico.
>
> I just updated the cron .txt and readme's on my web page.  The email
> addresses were a bit prehistoric.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> -- 
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
>


Yes, using it with Cron is the way to go with the CM17A as it has no storage 
capabilities like the CM11A or the Plug 'n Power controller.
That's a really great idea about bypassing the once-a-minute check in that 
manner.

I think a software interface to the CM11A for the Coco is a real 
possibility... though the RS-232 Pak lacks a Ring line which the CM11A uses. 
But that could be corrected with a simple adapter I think.