ADTPro Release History

In CVS now, as-yet unreleased

Bug fixes:

  • [Server] Removed most post-Java-1.3 code so server can run on Java 1.3 (i.e. Mac OSX 10.2)
  • [Server] Re-scan for serial ports every time the serial config gui comes up; detects USB port changes

1.1.3-2 - October 2, 2009

Bug fix:

  • [Server] Reverted to older version of RXTX library on Windows distribution only

1.1.3 - September 20, 2009

New functionality:

  • [Server] OSX distribution now comes with a double-clickable .app that automatically does all the magic to start a Java program under the covers with no terminal window
  • [Client] Enabled ProDOS booting (and bootstrapping) on the Franklin Ace 1000/1200

Bug fixes:

  • [Client] Space bar wasn't cycling through configuration items on Apple II machines without up/down arrow keys
  • [Server] Fixed breathtakingly slow operations with FTDI-based USB serial adapters
  • [Server] Integrated new level (2.2Pre2 + fixes) of RXTX serial library; this offers 64-bit Windows support as well as improved Mac OS X support, including Snow Leopard
  • [Server] Made the "change working directory" work a little more sensibly on OSX - allowing you to navigate "into" a directory and pick that as the current working directory

1.1.2 - February 18, 2009

New functionality:

  • [DOS ADT Client] Included DOS ADT client, now at version 2.3, that automatically detects the Apple ///'s built-in serial port

Bug fixes:

  • [Client] Formatting a disk no longer invalidates the entire drive list cache, eliminating the need to re-scan all drives; thanks to hackerb9 for the impetus to fix it
  • [Client] Comms devices weren't being detected in the last slot (one of those off-by-one counting problems)
  • [Client] Apple /// Grub bootstrapper was using an uninitialized register in an alarming, but seemingly predictable, manner; initialize it for safety
  • [Client] Simplified UDP timeout processing after consultation with MagerValp

1.1.1 - September 18, 2008

New functionality:

  • [Client] SOS version can use Ethernet UDP transport via the Uthernet card (http://a2retrosystems.com/)
  • [Client] SOS version can format media
  • [Server] Apple /// computers can be bootstrapped from bare metal over their built-in serial ports

Bug fixes:

  • [Client] Occasional Ethernet "hang" during transfer
  • [Client] Exiting the Ethernet configuration screen via the Return key but without saving to disk caused changes to be forgotten until entering and leaving the config screen a second time
  • [Client] SOS version failed to write the first set of blocks when it received a harmless "disk switched" notification (after swapping disks, for example)

1.1.0 - August 30, 2008

New functionality:

  • [Client] Client software comes on a combined "dual boot" ProDOS/SOS disk for both Apple II and Apple /// computers
  • [Client] Format routine now recognizes ProFile drives

Bug fixes:

  • [Client] Reorganized the entire client code base in order to single-source ProDOS and SOS versions - probably leading to several new bugs in the ProDOS client
  • [Client] Fixed formatter volume name input routine to correctly handle special characters
  • [Client] Fixed a fiddly problem with the IIgs and Uthernet where hitting a key while waiting for a response from the host would make it ignore the esc key from then on
  • [Client] Shortened UDP timeout for waiting for packet responses so things don't appear to "hang" when a response isn't received
  • [Client] Re-integrated Bird's Better Bye (which was inexplicably removed) for our Apple II and II+ friends
  • [Server] Improved batch logic for cleaning up after aborted image transfers