Has anyone successfully used the loader.ba <http://loader.ba> function
of dlplus, where you send the preamble XX instead of ZZ and then
immediately read from the serial port?
(see the very end of dl.do from dlplus.zip below)
I have tried a lot of things (including strictly exactly following the
directions verbatim with untouched versions of the files) and it would
be a pretty long email to run down everything I tried, and why, and what
I deduced from each test, ... So I just ask that simple yes/no for now.
If no one can say it works for them, then I'll just assume it's been
broken all along, regardless what the old original dl.do claims.
teeny-linux works perfect for me every time, but the source for that
(and teeny-freebsd and teeny-macosx) is not available, and I want some
sort of reproduceable, source-available dos bootstrapper.
So, I've taken dlplus.zip and rearranged things a little and put it up
on github and and added a "-b" commandline option which IS working to
successfully to bootstrap TEENY at least for me.
"dl -b" essentially takes the place of teeny-linux, although simpler.
https://github.com/bkw777/dlplus
The XX option requires longer more annoying BASIC code to manually enter
than what's needed for -b, so mostly I don't miss it now.
But I think one possible use for XX might be getty mode.
If you have dl running from getty on a headless little box like a Pi,
then I assume XX is a way you can bootstrap right from the same serial
connection without being able to log in and run commands at an
interactive shell. So, it still would be nice if it worked.
But for now, I'm pleased with how the -b option is working.
references:
http://bitchin100.com/files/linux/dlplus.zip
http://m100.bbsdev.net/
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bkw
