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   From: si@si.si   
      
   On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:29:47 -0800 (PST), jonnosan   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Nov 12, 7:30 am, Bu  wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 03:04:39 -0800 (PST), jonnosan    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >howdy,   
   >>   
   >> >I've been working for a while on peekbot, an attempt to make vintage   
   >>   
   >> Nice initiative.   
   >> You have the capability to download a complete disk. Can you also add   
   >> the capability to download an individual file (from a disk)?   
   >>   
   >   
   >I actually used to have this featue, but I took it out because it   
   >turned out to be less useful than I'd initially thought (at least in   
   >the Apple 2 space where this code originated). The reason is, there   
   >are very few file types that are directly usable on a PC in their   
   >native form - even with text files you tend to have issues with   
   >carriage returns, or not-quite-ASCII character sets, so some type of   
   >translation is necessay before you can use the files on a modern   
   >computer. And if you want to use file in an emulator, you probably   
   >need the file to be on a disk image anyway to get it into the   
   >emulator.   
   >   
   >So I took out the function as being something that applied by default   
   >to all files, but if there's a particular use case or set of disks/   
   >files where you think it would be beneficial, it would be easy to add   
   >back.   
   >   
   The main reason is that i want to copy individual files from diskfiles   
   (on the internet) to my real TRS-80 (like basic programs). As   
   mentioned i can do it partly with the VDIR/VREAD program but this is   
   cumbersome (command line). Also i do not want to use an emulator.   
   So if you can put this capability back it would be nice. (maybe put a   
   note with it that mentioned your concerns).   
      
   >   
   >   
   >> I know there is a program (VREAD) around for years that do this. I   
   >> tried to encapsolate the VREAD DOS-program in a VB6 program so it got   
   >> the windows look but i never got this reliable to work. So if your   
   >> Peekbot gets that capability it would be nice.   
   >> Bu     
   >   
   >If you wanted to build your own UI on top of this, the base library is   
   >available (although not really documented yet) - go to rubyforge.org   
   >and search for ripxplore. you can either look at the included test   
   >scripts for a basic idea of how to use the library or  I'd be happy to   
   >give some sample code. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any nice   
   >cross-platform UI toolkit for ruby - "shoes" looks very promising but   
   >seems to have some issues installing on Vista.   
   Sorry but i could not find the scripts but moreover i do not want to   
   dive into again another scriptlanguage.   
   Bu   
      
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