Raspple II

[iv...@ivanx.com]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce Raspple II for the Raspberry Pi. It's an
easy-to-install version of the Raspbian operating system, with preinstalled,
newly updated versions of A2SERVER and A2CLOUD, plus David Schmenk's nifty
Apple II Pi, and other goodies. Find it at: http://appleii.ivanx.com/rasppleii


Raspple II includes:

A2SERVER: Network file server and network boot host for Apple IIgs and IIe
computers. Newly updated to support the latest version of Raspbian and the
most recent Raspberry Pi boards.

A2CLOUD: Mass storage, internet access, and floppy disk transfer for any
Apple II computer (even the IIc), courtesy of David Schmidt's ADTPro and
VSDRIVE. Newly updated to let you participate in Apple II IRC chat and
Usenet discussion groups from your Apple II (which I'm in fact doing right now
to post this), and to include the KEGS and LinApple IIgs and IIe emulators.

Apple II Pi: Lets you interface your Apple II's hardware -- keyboard, mouse,
joystick, drives, and CPU -- with your Raspberry Pi, which creates all kinds
of interesting possibilities.


Unlike previous releases of A2SERVER and A2CLOUD, Raspple II doesn't require
using special software or Unix commands to install. You just download the zip
file, expand it, copy its contents to an SD card, and put it in your Pi.
You can download it from http://appleii.ivanx.com. There's also extensive
documentation there for getting up and running with A2SERVER and A2CLOUD.

If you are already using A2SERVER or A2CLOUD and want the new features and
updates, including Apple II Pi, you don't need to start over. Just type
"a2server-setup" or "a2cloud-setup" at your Raspberry Pi's prompt.

More information about Apple II Pi is on Dave's web site:
http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress


Of course, Raspple II is free. I hope you enjoy this new release,
and as always please let me know if you have any questions, feedback,
or comments.

Cheers,
Ivan.

[Hugh Hood]

in article l7flio$ui$1...@speranza.aioe.org, iv...@ivanx.com at iv...@ivanx.com
wrote on 12/1/13 9:45 AM:

> A2CLOUD: Mass storage, internet access, and floppy disk transfer for any
> Apple II computer (even the IIc), courtesy of David Schmidt's ADTPro and
> VSDRIVE. Newly updated to let you participate in Apple II IRC chat and
> Usenet discussion groups from your Apple II (which I'm in fact doing right now
> to post this), and to include the KEGS and LinApple IIgs and IIe emulators.
>

Ivan,

Thanks for continuing to advance this body of work, and for making it plug
and play.

I am curious about your tease for the bundled IRC and Usenet clients. Which
ones did you select, and which Apple II com program does the best job of
presenting the newsgroups?

Regards,




Hugh Hood

[iv...@ivanx.com]

Hugh Hood <hugh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> in article l7flio$ui$1...@speranza.aioe.org, iv...@ivanx.com at iv...@ivanx.com
> wrote on 12/1/13 9:45 AM:
>
>> A2CLOUD: Mass storage, internet access, and floppy disk transfer for any
>> Apple II computer (even the IIc), courtesy of David Schmidt's ADTPro and
>> VSDRIVE. Newly updated to let you participate in Apple II IRC chat and
>> Usenet discussion groups from your Apple II (which I'm in fact doing

>> to post this), and to include the KEGS and LinApple IIgs and IIe emulators.
>>
>

> Thanks for continuing to advance this body of work, and for making it plug
> and play.

You're welcome!

> I am curious about your tease for the bundled IRC and Usenet clients. Which
> ones did you select, and which Apple II com program does the best job of
> presenting the newsgroups?

I used Irssi for IRC and Tin for newsgroups, and wrote wrapper scripts
("a2chat" and "a2news") to preconfigure and launch them for easy connection
to the Apple II channel and newsgroups. Both ProTERM and Spectrum's
VT-100 emulation seem to work capably, Z-Link's a little bit less so
but still functional (using it now). I originally posted from ProTERM.

[Rooted]

Hi Ivan,

interesting application. I have not applied your software to my pi just yet,
but thinking outloud here, if i already have proterm on my //gs could i
simply connect my null modem cable to the pi and run proterm and connect to
internet that way?. Or is it absolutely necessary to have your software
applied to the pi and have david schmidt's adtpro booted up as shown in your
video?

[Ivan X]

You definitely don't need A2CLOUD to connect from ProTERM, but it makes it easier. You'd need to edit /etc/inittab on your Pi to make the login work at a slower baud rate (or use Hugh Hood's high speed ProTERM hacks, search for them in this newsgroup); and if you're using the expansion connector for serial, you need a special cable because it's not standard 5v RS-232.

You could instead use a USB to serial adapter, and you'd need to add an entry for it in the same file; but if you have a monitor attached to your Pi, you'll see an error message every five minutes if the adapter isn't present, and if you have more than one adapter, it may not be detected correctly. A2CLOUD prevents these issues from happening by setting things up just so in that file and elsewhere.

You don't have to install ADTPro; if you use the command line installation method for A2CLOUD, rather than the whole Raspple II package, you'll be asked whether you want to install it or not, and asked separately if you want to configure login/internet. The command is:

wget appleii.ivanx.com/a2cloud/setup; source setup

Links for USB to serial adapters or the Raspberry Pi console cable are on the A2CLOUD web site.

[Rooted]

Hi Ivan,

after reading your above post, i decided to install your 'Raspple II.zip' to
a fresh SD card. followed your video instructions right up to the point of
going online. Since i only have one null modem cable+usb>serial i need to
create another for internet use. Just one question, why did you set up
A2cloud vsdrive to communicate to modem port, and A2cloud internet/pi to
communicate to printer port? is printer port faster with internet/pi as
opposed to using the modem port? just curious is all. great product so
far.

[Ivan X]

Hi RJ,

Glad you're enjoying it. The serial ports are identical in terms of behavior and performance.

The main reason I did it that way is that VSDRIVE uses the highest-numbered serial port it can find, and since the modem port is above the printer port, that's what it grabs. It would have required changing Schmidt's code to make it otherwise, which I saw no need to do since it's easy enough to have ProTERM use the printer port. (Though I wound up having to change the ProTERM code, thanks to a great patch by Hugh, to make it support the //c printer port, which it doesn't normally offer for some reason.)

If you want to use the shell capabilities before you have another cable ready, just move the USB adapter from the lower USB port to the upper USB port on your Pi. If it doesn't cause your Pi to spontaneously reboot, which it is prone to when attaching USB devices, then you can do this in real time, though obviously it would kill virtual drives if you are using them. The ADTPro server automatically quits when you unplug the adapter from the lower port, and automatically restarts when you re-attach an adapter there; likewise, the serial login becomes enabled when you attach an adapter to the upper port, and goes to sleep when you remove it (thereby avoiding the error messages sent to the console).

Ivan.

[Ivan X]

I've just posted an update to Raspple II. It now includes the latest version of Apple II Pi, including the GSport emulator with Dave's enhancements. (Which Dave? Well, both of them.)

For A2CLOUD, it also includes a new "dos2pro" command line utility for copying files from a DOS 3.3 disk image to a new ProDOS disk image, for use with the "vsd1" and "vsd2" commands.

You can get it at: http://appleii.ivanx.com/rasppleii

If you're already running Raspple II, and don't want to start over, you can get the equivalent by typing on the Raspbian command line:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install a2pi apple2user gsport
a2cloud-setup

If you want the A2CLOUD boot disk to get the latest A2PI, you can download the disk image from:
http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/a2cloud-make-your-boot-disk/
If you want to replace the A2CLOUD images on the Raspberry Pi with updated ones, before running a2cloud-setup above, you can type:
rm $A2DISKS/A2CLOUD.*
(Note this will delete the images you are using, including anything you've saved on them.)

Enjoy, and let me know if questions.

Ivan.

[Cyril Thibout]

Hi Ivan

Installing Raspple II on the SD card is easy but I dn't know what should I do next. How should the rasberry PI connected to the Apple IIe ? What should I do to make the apple II keyboard inputs redirect to the Rasberry etc...

is there some tutorial somewhere please?
the 4 DAve's video don't explain those things

thanks

cyril

[iv...@ivanexpert.com]

Click the links on the Raspple II page to go to the pages for A2SERVER and A2CLOUD, which contain extensive how-to (or so I hope) for each.

Or direct links:

ivanx.com/a2cloud
ivanx.com/a2server

If still not clear, let me know.

[Steven Nelson]

On Sunday, December 22, 2013 9:33:34 AM UTC-6, Ivan X wrote:
> I've just posted an update to Raspple II. It now includes the latest version of Apple II Pi, including the GSport emulator with Dave's enhancements. (Which Dave? Well, both of them.)
>

>

> sudo apt-get update
>
> sudo apt-get install a2pi apple2user gsport
>
> a2cloud-setup
>
>
>

I want to run gsport as apple2 (user). I have done the above steps. I can't login as apple2.

pi@raspberrypi2 ~ $ ssh -X apple2@localhost
apple2@localhost's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
apple2@localhost's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
apple2@localhost's password:
Permission denied (publickey,password).
pi@raspberrypi2 ~ $

Even leaving out the -X flag (OSX 10.8) I can't get farther than the above. What is apple2 user's password. <blank><null><nada><etc> isn't working. Better yet, how can I change the apple2 password while logged in as pi?

Sorry to be a PIA novice
--Steve

[iv...@ivanexpert.com]

There is no password; it's intended for logging in on the console, not via ssh. You should instead log in as the pi user and type gsport once logged in.

[Ivan X]

I want to clarify that it's really a question for David Schmenk, since Apple II Pi is his department, but I think my answer is accurate.

[Ivan X]

Oh hai,

Raspple II has been updated to include the current versions of A2CLOUD (1.6.7), A2SERVER (1.1.4), and Apple II Pi (1.4).

Get it at http://ivanx.com/rasppleii

Ciao for now,
Ivan.