[Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

[John Robertson]

Very interesting. Open source code for the Fluke service utilities? 
Neat. I have some new tapes to upload sooner or later as well, that I 
got with a recent purchase. Just not a lot of free time these days!

John :-#)#

At 9:50 AM -0700 9/13/05, James Bright wrote:

>Hmm. I didn't know that there were this many users (both of you!). I 

>was actually considering making this a web service and having a fat 

>client application that you could download locally. The reason would 

>be that once you make updates to the memory map, it could be 

>re-published to the site (with comments!). Sort of like a Wiki for 

>9010A code. There wouldn't absolutely need to be a fat client, but 

>my thought was to integrate this directly into FIDE. I've just been 

>too busy lately to do much with improving FIDE. I started on a .NET 

>version (versus the crappy VB6 implementation) and go distracted 

>with life and such...

>

>Interest? It could start off rather small, like the ability to 

>annotate what is already there. The fancy stuff could come later.

>

>JB

>

>

>From: Martin White <martin at guddler.co.uk>

>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:07 AM

>To: Technical Tools Mail List <techtoolslist at flippers.com>

>Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

>

>I've been using this for quite some time since it was put up and I 

>have to say that while it isn't perfect (what ever is!?), it is a 

>MASSIVE help and I would truly be lost without it.

>

>I also keep meaning to ask if there's any way you could package it 

>up in a sellable format somehow? The idea of one day it not being 

>there because you don't have the site anymore for any reason nearly 

>always goes through my mind whenever I use it. I realise that's it's 

>almost certainly a DB/Script type of application, but that's not an 

>issue to me.

>

>Of course I could go through and generate scripts from all the 

>drivers, but 1) that's impractical 2) defeats the object of having a 

>dynamic script building engine that allows you to edit the regions 

>under test and 3) is the main reason spies disappeared!!

>

>Ever thought of somehow being able to package up a locally 

>installable version? No idea if this is solely hobby, or any portion 

>of it being income for you mind!

>

>Martin.

>

>On 13 Sep 2005, at 15:28, James Bright wrote:

>

>>

>>Thanks (put it up a while ago, but haven't added many new features 

>>recently). Usually I just give 

>>out <http://tech.quarterarcade.com>http://tech.quarterarcade.com , 

>>although the link below will work as well...

>>

>>JB

>>

>>

>>From: John Robertson <<mailto:jrr at flippers.com>jrr at flippers.com>

>>Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:56 PM

>>To: <mailto:TechToolsList at flippers.com>TechToolsList at flippers.com

>>Subject: [Techtoolslist] James has been busy!

>>

>>Just was directed on the Rasterlist to quarterarcades' tech section.

>>Haven't looked there in a while. James has created a great tool that

>>allows you to input a video game name and it generates a memory map,

>>and both the Checksum AND the Fluke Signature!

>>

>>Way to go James! A great assist to folks that use the Fluke (etc.) in

>>fixing their games!

>>

>><http://www.ggdb.com/tech/Default.aspx>http://www.ggdb.com/tech/Default.aspx

>>

>>John :-#)#

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