News

August 2020 - Docs

A little excitement - Steve Wallach himself has contributed a couple of key documents to the archive.

May 2019 - LoadG and DasherG

Both of the above applications have had some updates and improvements.

February 2018 - LoadG

Ported and refined my DUMP_II file restorer as LoadG in my AOS/VS toolbox. https://github.com/SMerrony/aosvs-tools

November 2017 - DasherG

Redeveloped my Dasher emulator in Go (Golang) using a Gtk toolkit. Runs on various Linux distros, Raspbian, and Windows 10. http://stephenmerrony.co.uk/dg/doku.php?id=software:newsoftware:dasherg - this is now the canonical version and will be maintained for the foreseeable future.

August 2017 - DasherQ Refresh

Updated DasherQ to build with the latest Qt libraries.

May 2017 - DasherQ on the Raspberry Pi

Following a user request, instructions for building DasherQ on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian have been added - https://github.com/SMerrony/DasherQ/wiki/DasherQ-on-Raspberry-Pi-(and-Other-Systems)

February 2015 - DasherJ Refresh

I have rewritten DasherJ to use JavaFX (i.e. Java 8 and onwards) and believe it is now superior to DasherQ. If you want free D200 emulation via either serial or network connection then I commend this software to you. [Ed. Deprecated in November 2017]

May 2015 - Access to Running AOS/VS System Available

I am now able to provide on-line access to my operational [[hardware:minis:mv2500dc|MV/2500]] to individuals who make reasonable requests for it.

Currently the machine is running AOS/VS 7.70 and has little other than the base software installed, although most of the NADGUG library contents is available.

I am not willing to run the MV/2500 24x7, so operational times will be by mutual agreement. I strongly suggest using DasherJ DasherG to connect. Access is via telnet provided by a Raspberry Pi acting as a serial-to-network gateway to real serial ports (I don’t have TCP/IP on the machine yet).

To request access to the machine please contact me via the contact page stating why you would like access (even if it is just for nostalgia!) and what time zone you are in.

March 2015 - Updates to the DasherQ Terminal Emulator

Now that I have been able to test DasherQ with a real, running MV/2500 I have been able to identify and fix a number of issues. Improvements and new features are likely to appear in the coming months.