Turns out it was a silly network issue. My work's WiFi is absolutely terrible, so somehow, I had enough to rsync files, but not apt-get anything...
It's an RPiA+ running Wheezy. It's a bit slow running. I got it finally up and running LaddieAlpha, although it takes a few tries at first to get TS-DOS to talk to it. I get a couple of Communications errors, before I can finally get it talking, but it is up and running, now! I'm in the process of converting some of the programs from .DO to .BA via load from TS-DOS, LOAD .DO, SAVE .BA, save back to TS-DOS. Am I doing this the completely hard way? Thanks! ~Joe On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 6:35 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Joseph Remy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think DLPlus is actually what I'm running. Shows up as just an >> executable called "dl". >> > > Ah. The original Desklink is a DOS application. DLPlus was originally > written by Stephen Hurd, and now I maintain it. I added support for the WP-2 > and various bugfixes. > >> >> Turns out my RPi is having issues installing mono, so LadieAlpha might >> be out for now. >> > > What Pi OS? What error? I used Raspbian in my testing. > > I run Mono for work on Pi's, but they are all Pi 2's. Not sure if that would > make any difference. There may be issues with hard versus soft float on the > A+ but I do remember having it working fine with Raspbian. > >> >> I'm pretty happy with my little dl setup so far. I have my RPi setup >> to boot to X-Windows and auto launch a script that: >> - Rsyncs the DL file store with my Linux server (which keeps it in >> sync to my OneDrive) >> - Shows the IP if available (so I can ssh in if need be) >> - Lists the files in the DL store (Good if using Teeny rather than TS-DOS) >> - and finally launches dl >> >> File list output is in a fixed column format showing size: >> FILE1.BA.[..1k] FILE2.DO.[.12b] ROG.BA...[.15k] TEST.DO..[..3b] >> Z.DO.....[..1b] >> >> Booting into X-Windows lets me use the 3 inch touch screen to shut >> down or reboot without any keyboard attached. >> The whole thing is powered by a small USB battery pack. >> >> Now I just need to design and 3D Print a case for it. If I can find >> time between work, Army, a toddler, and an infant... :P >> > > The main additions of LaddieAlpha over DLPlus are: > > a) Subdirectory support > b) Name autoconversions including solving the .DO/.BA problem. > c) TCP socket support (special application involving Bluetooth) > d) Ability to force LaddieAlpha to exit remotely > e) More testing with different Model T TPDD clients > f) Custom extensions for random access writes/reads. These were added to > support the Model T CP/M project but they are there and documented so could > be used for anything. > > > BTW I have some tips in case you ever find your Pi filesystems getting > corrupted. If your battery backup is solid maybe you won't see the problem > though. > > -- John.
