04-01-2024, 08:52 PM
G'day,
Firstly: Hat's off to @ubee over on MSPP with his ubee512 emulator. It's brilliant, with a significant number of options, resulting in highly configurable product.
I've started a new project, really to help me understand everything ubee512 is capable of. I'm also more of UI person than command line.
I've a lot I want to achieve, but for now, the app loads ubee512rc, scans through the system macros, and allows the user to select which emulated Bee they want - either through dropdowns on the main form, or by clicking ... and being presented with a macro explorer.
https://github.com/mikecornflake/uBee512Launcher
Built using Lazarus / fpc. Which is unbelievably relevant as Microbee & Turbo Pascal started me on my development career that ended with 5 years of Lazarus / fpc development before I jumped tracks career wise.
If you don't want to build from source (and are interested in playing along at home), then there's some precompiled executables/binaries in the bin folder.
- If you're on windows, just drop the exe into the ubee512 folder
- If you're on linux, just run the binary (ubee512's deb install ensures ubee512 is on the PATH, so my app easily finds it)
Next I'll be working on validators
- I've a simple "only allow bootable DSKs in A" check in place (testing to date has demonstrated a DSK isn't bootable if character immediately after 512byte header is E5, suspect that's not robust)
- Highlight system macros with missing SRAM, ROM, DSK or PAK
- Only allow folders to be mounted via rcpmfs that meet strict requirements (no files with invalid characters, no subfolders, err, total size <720kb, err, # of files < cpm max - look I've got a whole sledge of learning to go through)
- Don't allow user to mount to a drive is the system macro already has that drive defined
- that sort of thing![[Image: icon_e_smile.gif]](https://www.microbee-mspp.org.au/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
Have fun, and many thanks again @ubee
Oh, expect bugs. I only started this a few days back. New Years resolution to spend less time on Facebook...
Cheers
Mike
PS: There's a whole slew of things I've already learned pouring through the rc. Did you know you can emulate a FDD on your physical Bee using ubee512? I didn't!
Firstly: Hat's off to @ubee over on MSPP with his ubee512 emulator. It's brilliant, with a significant number of options, resulting in highly configurable product.
I've started a new project, really to help me understand everything ubee512 is capable of. I'm also more of UI person than command line.
I've a lot I want to achieve, but for now, the app loads ubee512rc, scans through the system macros, and allows the user to select which emulated Bee they want - either through dropdowns on the main form, or by clicking ... and being presented with a macro explorer.
https://github.com/mikecornflake/uBee512Launcher
Built using Lazarus / fpc. Which is unbelievably relevant as Microbee & Turbo Pascal started me on my development career that ended with 5 years of Lazarus / fpc development before I jumped tracks career wise.
If you don't want to build from source (and are interested in playing along at home), then there's some precompiled executables/binaries in the bin folder.
- If you're on windows, just drop the exe into the ubee512 folder
- If you're on linux, just run the binary (ubee512's deb install ensures ubee512 is on the PATH, so my app easily finds it)
Next I'll be working on validators
- I've a simple "only allow bootable DSKs in A" check in place (testing to date has demonstrated a DSK isn't bootable if character immediately after 512byte header is E5, suspect that's not robust)
- Highlight system macros with missing SRAM, ROM, DSK or PAK
- Only allow folders to be mounted via rcpmfs that meet strict requirements (no files with invalid characters, no subfolders, err, total size <720kb, err, # of files < cpm max - look I've got a whole sledge of learning to go through)
- Don't allow user to mount to a drive is the system macro already has that drive defined
- that sort of thing
Have fun, and many thanks again @ubee
Oh, expect bugs. I only started this a few days back. New Years resolution to spend less time on Facebook...
Cheers
Mike
PS: There's a whole slew of things I've already learned pouring through the rc. Did you know you can emulate a FDD on your physical Bee using ubee512? I didn't!
