ADTPro 1.1.6

August 2, 2010

The big news for this release is the tremendous help and collaboration I've received from users around the globe. The server now has translations in:

• French - thanks to Antoine VIGNAU
• Spanish - thanks to Gabriel Alejandro Calomeni
• Korean - thanks to Steven Y. Choi (since version 1.1.5)

The rest amounts to simple bug fixes on my part; the most interesting of which is for Uthernet users, where the Dir-Esc-Dir-Esc dance is no longer required to get connected.

http://adtpro.com

New functionality:

• [Server] French translation provided by Antoine VIGNAU

• [Server] Spanish translation provided by
  Gabriel Alejandro Calomeni

Bug fixes:

• [Client] Ethernet version can now connect immediately
  after startup without having to do DIR commands first

• [Client] Clearing out system memory bitmap enables
  bootstrapping on top of BASIC.SYSTEM (the not-quite-
  bare metal bootstrapping scenario)

• [Server] Better button handling when disconnecting and
  otherwise interrupting transfers

• [Server] Changes to bootstrapping pacing interval affect
  an active transfer in real time

ADTPro 1.1.5

Release 1.1.5 - March 17, 2010

New functionality:

• [Client] Implemented native assembly ProDOS selector/
  launcher eliminating the need for Applesoft; results
  in 30% faster booting and executing from floppy

• [Client] Laser 128 machines can now use their native
  modem port at 115.2kbps using the SSC port 2 setting

Bug fixes:

• [Client] Better automatic serial device detection for
  Franklin Ace 500 computers (select Modem vs. Printer
  port)

• [Server] Build hygiene - automate version numbering

ADTPro 1.1.4

January 24, 2010

New functionality:

• [Server] Re-scan for serial ports every time the serial config gui comes
  up; detects USB port changes

Bug fixes:

• [Server] Fixed a protocol bug that made the server abort when it received
  garbled acknowledgement packets that looked almost correct

• [Server] Increased microphone sensitivity so recent Mac Java releases can
  "hear" the audio stream correctly

• [Server] Removed most post-Java-1.3 code so server can run on Java 1.3
  (i.e. Mac OSX 10.2)

ADTPro 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

ADTPro 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

ADTPro 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)

ADTPro 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

ADTPro 1.0.6

February 10, 2008

New functionality:

• [Client] Ported the client to SOS (pronounced like "sauce") for the
  Apple /// supporting the built-in serial port and Super Serial card in
  any of its four slots (SOS released 8/10/2008)

Bug fixes:

• [Client] Formatting was unreliable for 5.25" media due to
  timing-sensitive code placement

• [Client] Formatting was unreliable for 3.5" media due to unfortunate
  re-use of zero-page variable space

• [Server] Included a copy of the rxtx library that no longer requires
  lockfiles (1.0.6a.dmg for OSX only)

ADTPro 1.0.5

February 3, 2008

Bug fixes:

• [Server] Hosts with zero audio mixers (a Java thing) were crashing with
  java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in AudioConfig.java

• [Client] IIgs serial port initialization was not working for speeds
  below 115.2kbps as a result of the 300 baud integration in v1.0.3

ADTPro 1.0.4

January 21, 2008

New functionality:

• [DOS ADT Client] Included DOS ADT client, now at version 2.2,
  with nibble and halftrack send capability for Disk II drives
  from Gerard Putter and Eric Neilson

• [Server] Incorporated nibble and half track disk logic from
  Gerard Putter's ADT-compatible Virtual ][ A2V2 transfer software -
  it's still experimental, so support hasn't been added to ADTPro
  client yet

Bug fixes:

• [Client] Better automatic serial device detection for Apple IIc
  computers (select Modem vs. Printer port)

• [Client] Update track counter during fast Disk II reads (you had
  to watch carefully to realize they weren't moving during read)

• [Server] Audio data capture logic was refactored to be more
  reliable and understandable by Marc S. Reßl

• [Client] Audio send protocol (from Apple to Host) was out of sync,
  causing transfers to immediately abort

• [Server] Fix progressive backoff timing for transmission failures