Hi, Usually the best way is to copy the behavior of existing commercial software :) reasons: - they usually had done some minimal user-ergonomy testing already - users are... well, used to it already
Now, if I had to speak from my experience of using such tool, what I'd expect as a user from a lap-linkish software, is: at the minimum: - present a side-to-side directory browser interface, where at least one side can be used to view a remote filesystem and copy files back and forth - support for copies via parallel port or RS-232 (with configurable speeds) - guarantee reliability (crc on blocks) would-be-nice-but-could-live-without: - on-the-fly compression to make copy faster - support for copy via the network, if both machines have a packet driver running - an synchronization option to synch entire directory tries HTH :) Mateusz On 19/05/2015 01:14, J.K. Benedict wrote: > Based on directionless observations, I have setup a second FreeDOS > machine. Both are also dev environments. > > I was thinking of tackling the laplink-style copy (for many reasons, > such as reliability and preserving nostalgia) > > Goal 1 = copy from target to destination via LPT port > > Goal 2 = any other desired method, such as serial ports? USB (male to > male, obviously) > > Coding to show a direction and out my free time where my ideas are. > Feedback/thoughts welcomed, such as what to "name" the program > (portlink?), any desired argument flag format? IE, retries, recursive, > timeout, compression? > > I am staging out the arguments later as I want to ensure end to end data > copy. > > Cordialmente, > > --jkbs > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
