[Coco] CocoPi3 Update

[Ron]

I still need to check with Rick Adams, but would like to continue to 
have him host a copy of the SD card image as well as Simon Jonassen.

The current links (for the old image and documentation) are:

http://rickadams.org/ronklein/
http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/

I will also need to update the documentation to reflect all the changes.

Thanks


On 05/02/2017 05:27 PM, Rietveld Rietveld wrote:
> This looks incredible. How can I get a copy for my rasp pi?
>
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> Cool making me really want a rasp pi 3.
>
> On May 2, 2017 4:34 PM, "Glen Hewlett" <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> That’s a lot of cool updates.  I do appreciate all the effort you are
>> putting into this SDimage.  I think it will be very useful for anyone who
>> wants to learn about the CoCo or someone who remembers playing with the
>> CoCo many years ago and wants to give it a try again.  The RPi3 is cheap
>> and connects to any recent monitor/TV all you need is keyboard and your
>> good to go in CoCo world. :)
>>
>> Personally using emulators is what got me back into the CoCo, luckily I
>> still had some of my old CoCo hardware and I’m having a blast with it again.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Glen
>>
>>> On May 2, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> CocoPi3 - ChangeLog - May 2017
>>>
>>> CocoFEST 2017 was a trial run for the CocoPi3 distribution.  I took some
>> time to observe how others looked at it, used it, etc., and made some
>> enhancements.  Some are minor others are more significant.  I've been
>> learning quite a bit with this little project, but the best part has been
>> some of the folks I've met and worked with along the way.
>>> - Quick refresh of some Raspbian packages (i.e. sudo apt-get update;
>> sudo apt-get upgrade)
>>> - Updated GCC 6 (as part of Debian's bleeding edge "stretch" repo).  GCC
>> 6 is required to compile MAME.
>>> - Pierre Sarrazin resolved an issue with the cmoc compiler for
>> Raspbian.  Fix already included with this update.
>>> - Updated MAME to the latest version (0.185)
>>> - Updated the Main Menu and included many new entries as well as updated
>> existing ones (over double the options)!
>>> - Typing 'menu' from any prompt will return to main menu screen
>>> - Some menu options include additional informational screens/prompts
>>> - Option for booting Coco 3 with VCCEmuDisk hard drive image.  Includes
>> NitrOS9 & 255 virtual DECB disks with programs
>>> - Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into NitrOS9 using latest
>> image from http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
>>> - Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into Fuzix (via YA-DOS).
>> Internet access provided via 'lwwire' daemon
>>> - Options still available for Coco 2 (MAME & XRoar) both with Drivewire
>> support as well as booting into MC-10
>>> - Updated the scripts to start and stop the DriveWire, lwwire and emceed
>> daemons from main menu
>>> - Edit Wifi configuration from main menu
>>> - Adjust RPi3 system volume from main menu (for HDMI and analog ports)
>>> - Run 'raspi-config' from main menu (resize file system, other
>> administrative options)
>>> - Backup existing RPi3 installation to alternate SD card (i.e. clone
>> entire SD card) from main menu
>>> - Reboot or shutdown RPi3 (safely) from main menu
>>> - IP address(es) on main menu screen.  Includes for both WiFi and CAT6
>>> - System uptime information on main menu screen
>>> - Daemon status (DriveWire, lwwire and emceed) on main menu screen
>>> - Emceed server for hosting files to a real MC-10. Requires MCX-128
>> expansion cartridge & serial to USB adapter
>>> - DriveWire can still be configured to host files for real Coco's as
>> well.  Same serial to USB adapter would be required
>>> - Added additional documentation in Samba share 'doc' folder
>> (/media/share1/docs).  This includes help with Bluetooth controllers
>>> Unfortunately, there's too many changes to just provide updated files
>> for.  As such, it will require downloading a new image.  Going forward, I
>> am working on a way to package updates (perhaps via a CocoPi3 repo for use
>> with apt-get) to save time.
>>> I plan on recording a video demo of this new version soon and will send
>> it off to Steve Strowbridge to add to his YouTube channel.  I also need to
>> work with Rick Adams and Simon Jonassen to see about replacing the older SD
>> card image with this new one.
>>> Thanks!
>>>
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