geoLink (last updated 2010-03-11)

geoLink is a networked GEOS application written by ShadowM using the ip65 network stack. The first prototype was shown at World of Commodore on December 5, 2009, and contained only a simple chat client that talked to a Java-based server (here is the World of Commodore presentation in PDF format). The first release version will contain an IRC client instead. Future versions may include other features like file transfers and...?

World of Commodore presentation

geoLink setup screen (click for full size)

I've taken down the disk images of the prototype and shut down the server, as I am getting close to a release of the IRC version. Actually, I'm running out of memory, which is deciding the feature list for me. Maybe the next generation of Commodore NICs will have an on-board IP stack, freeing up the memory in the machine for all sorts of interesting things. Who can say?

Here's a list of things to be done and my progress:

• embed IP stack and mono font in program as VLIR modules: completed 03/10
• login dialog: remove password prompt (add motd and debug checkboxes?)
• fix lag in beep routine
• setup dialog: minor cosmetic issues
• allow for longer nick
• make input text area larger (80 —> 160?)
• parse necessary error messages from IRC server
• parse additional server messages (KICK, QUIT...)
• find cause of deadlock during auto-login with some servers