Outstanding! This IS great news! With this maybe at some point we can replicate the util disk that shipped with the tpdd but is missing or degraded now, using nothing but a pc and the internet (and a real tpdd).
-- bkw On May 21, 2016 10:44 PM, "Gary Hammond" <ghamm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > So here’s something different…a tool for talking to a real TPDD from a PC. > This is the opposite of most of the discussion here on the list. > > I have just finished off the first version of a TPDD command line tool I > have written. > > The problem: > > The problem I wanted to solve was find an easy way to transfer to a TPDD > disk, files to and from my PC. It was getting laborious transferring files > one at a time via telcom or basic over the serial port from the PC, then > switching over to the TPDD and writing the files back. Even using TSDOS and > loading up the max amount of programs in the M100’s RAM then transferring > them as a group via TSDOS is still a time consuming process. > > The solution: > > I can now connect my TPDD or TPDD2 to my PC, which can be Windows, Linux > or Mac. I then use the command line tool (TpddTool.py) to perform disk > based commands using familiar command line syntax. The commands include: > > - cp myfile.do 0:myfile.do > > - cp 1:myprog.ba myprog.ba > > - rm 0:file1.co > > - cat 1:myfile.do > > - mv 0:wrong.do 0:right.do > > - format > > - status > > - dir 1: > > and my favourite: > > - cpd filedir 0: (this is used to copy a folder of files to the > TPDD or copy the bank of a TPDD to a folder all in one go! > > The commands also take DOS equivalents i.e., copy, ren, del, type and > copydir. > > > > I have tested the software using a TPDD and a TPDD2 with real coms ports > and USB com port on Wndows 10, CentOS 6 and 7 and Mac OSX (El Capitan). A > fortuitous side effect of writing a test suite for the API is that I now > have a great tool for testing a physical TPDD! > > > > The tool is written in Python and is available with documentation from > http://trs80stuff.net/tpdd/. The reason for Python was its cross platform > compatibility, source code that can be easily read and re-used, and that it > fitted in with some up-skilling I wanted to do for work with respect to > auto documenting code and the nose test framework. > > > > Future ideas I have in mind are: > > - Set up and test in on the Raspberry Pi. > > - A GUI for drag and drop functionality. > > - Implementation of the sector based commands so that a true > disk copy can be performed. It would be a good way to make disk images. > > - Create yet another drive simulator to work in the opposite > direction. It would be good on a Raspberry Pi. > > Please post any feedback to myself directly or via the list. > > > > Enjoy! >
