{"id":597,"date":"2013-07-14T03:07:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T08:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/?p=597"},"modified":"2023-09-10T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T17:14:37","slug":"a2cloud-release-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/a2cloud-release-history\/","title":{"rendered":"21. Release history and notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A2CLOUD is sorta always in a state of development with tiny tweaks happening without announcement, often to the installer script rather than any visible features per se, and those changes and other small details are (somewhat) documented at the end of <a title=\"A2CLOUD setup script\" href=\"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/setup\/setup.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the script itself<\/a>. But here are the noteworthy enhancements. To update, type <code>a2cloud-update<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.8.1, May 5, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADTPro 2.0.1<\/li>\n<li>Apple II Pi client 1.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.8.0, March 17, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>compatible with every Raspberry Pi, including Raspberry Pi 2 Model B<\/li>\n<li>GSport installed for non-Raspberry Pi computers, with\u00a0option for new\u00a0GS\/OS+Spectrum installation, or GSport Internet Starter Kit premade image<\/li>\n<li>Links web browser<\/li>\n<li>desktop shortcuts and Apple II menu group for emulators and ADTPro<\/li>\n<li>new <code>a2cloud-update os<\/code> command will perform full Raspple II update, including Raspbian OS and NOOBS install manager, A2CLOUD, A2SERVER, and Apple II Pi<\/li>\n<li>many small improvements and fixes to A2CLOUD environment and installer script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.7.2, February 7, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supports Raspberry Pi Model A and A+ (and Pi 2 Model B)<\/li>\n<li>resolves issues with Raspbian 2015-01-31 (kernel 3.18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.7.1, August 11, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A2CLOUD is no longer &#8220;beta&#8221; on non-Raspberry Pi computers<\/li>\n<li>A2CLOUD includes KEGS and Linapple on non-Raspberry Pi computers<\/li>\n<li>A2CLOUD has a faster install script for non-Raspberry Pi computers (downloads binaries)<\/li>\n<li>unbit\/unexec\/bsq archive tools are installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.7.0, August 2, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a2cloud-setup installs Java 8 if not already installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.9, July 24, 2014 (KansasFest)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADTPro 2.0.0 (quicker and more reliable transfer; selectable filenames from list)<\/li>\n<li>confirmed working on Raspberry Pi Model B+ (use the USB ports closer to the Ethernet port)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.8, Apr 7, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADTPro 1.3.0<\/li>\n<li>TTYtter installs properly on non-Pi systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.7, Feb 19, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A2CLOUD boot floppy contains A2PI client version 1.4<\/li>\n<li>A2CLOUD boot floppy splash screen provides simple menu for virtual drives, Apple II Pi, or BASIC<\/li>\n<li>A2CLOUD.HDV is now called A2CLOUD.PO (a symbolic link called A2CLOUD.HDV is still there for backwards compatibility\/habits)<\/li>\n<li>bug fixes for <code>cppo<\/code>, <code>shk2image<\/code>, and some launcher scripts<code><\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.6, Feb 17, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"A2CLOUD on non-Pi machines\" href=\"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/open-thread\/#comment-9\">beta support for Debian and Ubuntu Linux on non-Pi machines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ttytter support for color and avoiding non-ASCII characters when running \u00a0under Screen<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">opens LXTerminal window by default when starting graphical desktop<\/span><\/li>\n<li>a2cloud-setup installs Screen if not already installed<\/li>\n<li>a2cloud-setup shows installed and available versions<\/li>\n<li>a2cloud-setup -y bypasses all prompts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.5, Feb 5, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>can use <code>term mono<\/code> and <code>term color<\/code> instead of <code>term vt100<\/code> and <code>term pcansi<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.4, Jan 31, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support for <code>screen<\/code> command to allow switching between multiple terminals on Apple II<\/li>\n<li><code>term -f<\/code> can be used to force emulation setting even when <code>term<\/code> doesn&#8217;t want to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.3, Jan 23, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set TTYtter to always use -ssl mode, which is required by Twitter after 14-Jan-14.<\/li>\n<li>Set TTYtter to avoid display of non-ASCII characters on serial port shell<\/li>\n<li>Set TTYtter to use color ANSI text (for IIgs) if shell is currently set to display it<\/li>\n<li>Provided TTYtter readline module for enhanced input with -readline option<\/li>\n<li>Added <code>appleiipi-update<\/code> command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.2, Jan 19, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved display of non-ASCII characters in Apple II terminal emulation programs<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Support for &#8220;PC ANSI&#8221; colored text and graphics characters , for use with Spectrum&#8217;s ANSI online display, via new\u00a0<\/span><code style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;\">term<\/code><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"> command<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Added <\/span><code style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;\">sciibin<\/code><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"> and <\/span><code style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;\">unblu<\/code><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"> for converting BinSCII and Binary II files<\/span><\/li>\n<li><code>baud<\/code> command supports 300 baud, in case you <i>really<\/i> want to kick it old school<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6.1, Jan 14, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added <code>telnet<\/code> and <code>ttytter<\/code> (Twitter client)<\/li>\n<li>fix for network boot failure when set up under v1.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.6, Dec 31, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADTPro\/VSDRIVE 1.2.9 (much faster virtual drives read performance, for the price of a short delay on the <code>vsd1<\/code>\/<code>vsd2<\/code> commands and a need to type <code>vsdsync<\/code> after changing an active virtual drive directly on the Pi; ability to run VSDRIVE from ProDOS program launcher, not just BASIC.SYSTEM)<\/li>\n<li>if A2SERVER is installed, shares the ADTPro disks folder as ADTDISKS on the network<\/li>\n<li>responds to name &#8220;raspberrypi.local&#8221; as alternative to IP address to Mac OS X (and Windows with\u00a0<a title=\"Bonjour Print Services for Windows\" href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/dl999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonjour Print Services<\/a>\u00a0installed) computers on network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">v1.5.2, Dec 22 2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>added <code>dos2pro<\/code> command<\/li>\n<li>Apple II Pi is now installed with GSport emulator and &#8220;apple2user&#8221; packages<\/li>\n<li>speedier install by downloading A2CLOUD disk images instead of building them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.5, Dec 1 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adds IRC and newsreader clients (Irssi and Tin) and, with shortcuts for Apple II community (<code>a2chat<\/code> and <code>a2news<\/code> commands)<\/li>\n<li>adds KEGS and LinApple emulators<\/li>\n<li>installs Apple II Pi<\/li>\n<li>easy installation via <a title=\"Raspple II\" href=\"http:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/rasppleii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raspple II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">v1.2.3, Nov 2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A2PI client version 1.3 added to A2CLOUD disk<\/li>\n<li>faster install for unar\/lsar, nulib2, and cftp (downloads rather than compiles)<\/li>\n<li>console (built-in serial) login disabled, to allow Apple II Pi to have that port<\/li>\n<li>installs xrdp\/tightvncserver for remote desktop access from another computer<\/li>\n<li>adds DSK2FILE image utility to A2CLOUD disk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v1.0, Sep 2 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>first proper release with full documentation, bug fixes, and demo video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">beta, Jul 27, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>internet access and virtual drives for any Apple II via a Raspberry Pi; introduced at KansasFest 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A2CLOUD is sorta always in a state of development with tiny tweaks happening without announcement, often to the installer script rather than any visible features per se, and those changes and other small details are (somewhat) documented at the end of the script itself. But here are the noteworthy enhancements. To update, type a2cloud-update. v1.8.1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,2,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleii.ivanx.com\/a2cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}