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Post by nojoopa on Mar 4, 2010 14:57:47 GMT -5
(things cleared up via e-mail...) sd2brwse is discontinued. The last version is and will be v0.6. It was time for me to stop this project. But fear not, nbla000 has some good news for you real soon... -- Lessons learned: 1. Choose a sensible name. I've seen "sd2brwse" mistyped in about ten ways, the worst being "sdbrowse", which happens to be the name of an earlier project which was 1541-III(-DTV) specific, creating some confusion... 2. Add contact information into the readme.txt. Some PMs went unnoticed for a long time, and requiring forum registration for contacting the author is too much to ask. 3. Limit the amount of "#define"s, or at least use an assembler (or preprocessor) with "-DFOO=BAR" support so different versions can be build without manual fiddling. 4. Don't put announcements of C64 compatible software into a DTV forum. |
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Post by nbla000 on Mar 5, 2010 7:49:45 GMT -5
nbla000 has some good news for you real soon... Yes, starting from the last v.06 version of sd2brwse, I've developed a new version that works for different CBM machines. The new name for the project is: CBM FileBrowser ( www.vic20.it/cbmfilebrowser) At the moment it works for the C64/C64DTV and for the Vic-20 (all memory configurations, unexpanded, +3K RAM, +8K RAM or plus). There is also a specific version for the Vic-20 with Mega-Cart that uses specific features, Auto-Memory configuration for selected program, memory protection for cart images, loading speedup if SJLOAD is installed and other things. The C64/C64DTV versions are quite similar to sd2brwse, btw now the program does not exit to the root on start, there is a new menu entry "//" for that. The C64DTV version now auto-detects the first working drive and use it (you don't need to use custom versions for your mapped drive #8, #9 etc) and if you use 2 or more drives now you may use the Button C to auto select the other drive.
Take a look to the web page for further info.
2. Add contact information into the readme.txt
My contact for any question is on readme.txt 
PS: Thanks to nojoopa for help, testing and for his patience  |
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Post by mistermsk on Mar 10, 2010 14:14:12 GMT -5
Nice. Can you put additions for DNP and D41 in there as disks so we can CD to them. The new version 0.9.1 of SD2IEC (and uIEC) firmware now supports DNP. Also, Jim Brain stated that sometimes D64s are called D41s.
Thanks,
MisterMsk
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Post by nbla000 on Mar 11, 2010 6:09:44 GMT -5
OK, No problems for D41 while DNP requires a revision of the program since DNP is an image of a CMD drive and it has subdirectories...
I need to understand how sd2iec firmware manage this image, there is a link where to download DNP images ?
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Post by Unseen on Mar 11, 2010 18:57:28 GMT -5
OK, No problems for D41 while DNP requires a revision of the program since DNP is an image of a CMD drive and it has subdirectories... Subdirectories in a DNP work just the same as subdirectories on the card itself. I'm not aware of any current download links (there was a full CMD HD dump on a torrent site a few months ago), but DirMaster v2.1 is able to create DNP files. Just be aware that it writes broken directory header sectors which cause "CD_" in sd2iec to fail. |
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Post by nbla000 on Mar 12, 2010 6:16:26 GMT -5
Subdirectories in a DNP work just the same as subdirectories on the card itself. OK thanks for the info, btw due the current program structure, I need to change it a bit, now it assumes that from disk images you cannot browse to a subfolder, correct for d64/d81/d71/d41 but not for dnp. Yes I've seen the readme file inside the zip file of your latest sd2iec firmware version and I've already informed the author about this problem (no reply yet), I hope he will update DirMaster. I usually use DirMaster v2.1 and it's a very handy program. About DNP files, are you able to fix the wrong DirMaster structure ? in case may you send me a correct sample DNP file with subdirectories ? you should have my mail. |
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Post by Unseen on Mar 12, 2010 16:58:34 GMT -5
About DNP files, are you able to fix the wrong DirMaster structure ? It would be possible to write a "chkdsk"/"fsck"-like tool for DNP files, but that's just one of the things on the extremely long list of things I'd like to do some day... If you want to fix an image yourself for testing purposes, open it in a hex editor and go to offset $2200 (corresponds to track 1, sector 34 = $22 - as each track has 256 sectors the offset of a sector in the file is simply $(track-1)(sector)00 ). Locate the directory entry of the subdirectory, following the tro link bytes to the next t/s of the main directory if neccessary. The two bytes just before the name are the track and sector of the directory header sector, jump to it. At offset 34/35 ($22/$23) of that sector is the field that's incorrect in DirMaster - it should point to the directory header sector of the parent (i.e. 1/1 for the root dir), but DirMaster puts the t/s of the first sector with directory entries there. If the directory you want to fix is itself located within a subdirectory, you'll need to find that parent dir first and use its header t/s instead of 1/1. Alternative: Create a DNP file with DirMaster, mount it on an sd2iec-based device, create whatever subdirectories you want with sd2iec and use DirMaster to copy files into them. I believe DirMaster doesn't touch that field when the directory already exists. |
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Post by nbla000 on Mar 15, 2010 4:36:00 GMT -5
Alternative: Create a DNP file with DirMaster, mount it on an sd2iec-based device, create whatever subdirectories you want with sd2iec and use DirMaster to copy files into them. I believe DirMaster doesn't touch that field when the directory already exists. Very good idea... meanwhile the DirMaster author replied me saying that he will fix it pretty soon. |
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Post by nbla000 on Jun 22, 2010 8:31:12 GMT -5
After a while I've finally updated CBM-FileBrowser to support new file images D41 and DNP, introduced with sd2iec firmware v.0.9.0, the current firmware version is v.0.9.2 just updated a few days ago. CBM FileBrowser v.1.1, download hereI've added the C64SD as new tested drive since I got a positive feedback from the author of this new SD based drive, basically it is a modified SD2IEC drive so it use the same firmware, it seems very handy because it does not require any cable, just plug it and nothing else, it use the tape port for the power and has a male connector for the serial port, it fits on C64 and Vic20 machines but since it has an additional power jack it could be used like other SD-Based drives to any other CBM machine. |
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Post by maraud on Sept 1, 2010 9:42:55 GMT -5
I finally had a chance to use the .6 version of this app and it's great! What a nice bit of work. I'm pleased to see the VIC version and will try it when I have a chance to hook the VIC back up!!!
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Post by nbla000 on May 31, 2012 5:43:58 GMT -5
Major update for my CBM-FileBrowser to support 264 series machines (Commodore 16, 116 and Plus 4) CBM FileBrowser v.1.3, download here
There are some cosmetic changes, some keys reassignment for C64 and there is the new Sort key to enable/disable directory sorting on browsing, many thanks to Mike, Kweepa and tlr from Denial group.
Many thanks to nanosoft for beta testing with his C64SD on C16/C116/Plus4 and other machines. |
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Post by nbla000 on Jul 28, 2012 1:54:13 GMT -5
Another update for my CBM-FileBrowser to add JIFFYDTV speed-up support for C64-DTV CBM FileBrowser v.1.4, download here
I've changed colors for C16/C116/Plus4 version (much more similar to other versions) and now for all systems, restore colors and clear screen before RUN. There is also a quick guide on how to flash CBM-FileBrowser (with JIFFYDTV) on the C64-DTV, based on my tests it drastically increase speed loading on C64-DTV. JiffyDTV is not supplied of course, you need to have/buy the C64 JiffyDOS v6.01 version and use this site. PS: Next steps.... C128, Hydrophilic that already ported SJLOAD to the C128, is working on the CBM-FileBrowser porting for the Commodore 128 (native mode), we are in a very preliminary alpha stage at the moment but I'm quite confident. |
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Post by nbla000 on Mar 3, 2013 9:13:53 GMT -5
Another major update for my CBM-FileBrowser to add Commodore 128 (native mode) support. CBM FileBrowser v.1.5, download hereNow uppercases disk images D64,D81,D71 are also recognized, C16/Plus4 and C64 versions have the Drive change feature like for C64DTV, C128 and Vic-20 + Mega-Cart. Many thanks to Hydrophilic for his Commodore 128 (native mode) porting. |
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Post by robertb on Mar 3, 2013 17:05:06 GMT -5
Very nice! Thanks to you and to Hydro.  Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group videocam.net.au/fcug |
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Post by Espen Skog on Mar 6, 2013 13:57:41 GMT -5
Cool. I will try to add this to my DTV. I use a 1541-III-DTV unit and I also have JiffyDOS as a bootable kernel in my bootup-menu so this proggy will be nice to add aswell |
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