Last update : 20100426

Minidash project (dashboard with interpreter engine, unified api, ftp & http client)

Currently: Preparing some Ogg Vorbis music file jukebox written in canonic assembler.
(Recommended sound cards for pc0 platform : SB Live! or SB Audigy ES)
(Atm, I'm working on minidash v0.2 for PC0, and on minidash v0.0 for PS3, 360 and Wii)

20100426 Still no ETA on anything, lacking free time because of my job (added zun to list)
20090328 home.tele2.fr/~fr-51785 (will stop working) replaced with minilgos.perso.sfr.fr
20080714 Nothing new, but my free time (may) increase slowly, finally. I'll be back!
20070413 Minidash v0.1 beta released! Just for testing canonic assembler samples...
20070410 Canonic assembler syntax released.
20070407 Minidash v0.0 released! (can be configured with miniconf, downloads and displays)
20070403 Miniconf tool created (sets IP addr,gateway,mask,dns & bootloader path in image)

This dashboard is designed to run on machines that don't have any hard disk.
On pc0 (pc without hard disk), dashboard boots directly from a cd-r or cd-rw.
After a few seconds (initialization of ethernet network adapter), minidash
downloads thru ftp or http, an interpreted source code you can edit at will.

Typical usage is to have a machine (pc or console), with no (or ignored) hard disk
in living room, act as a home theatre system or a game console. In another room,
another machine (pc or console) with hard disk, provides boot code and data (movies
or games) thru ftp or http over ethernet. Homeplug (ethernet over house power lines)
is recommended in order to avoid wires (see homeplug.com). Wi-Fi is not supported.

Files:
http://minilgos.perso.sfr.fr/pc0/pc0_beta.zip (v0.1 imagen.bin & imagen.cue to burn)
http://minilgos.perso.sfr.fr/minidash/miniconf.zip (sets IP configuration in imagen.bin)
http://minilgos.perso.sfr.fr/minidash/minidash.zip (imagen.bin & imagen.cue to burn)
http://minilgos.perso.sfr.fr/minidash/casyntax.txt (canonic assembler syntax)

status:
pc0 : beta    0.1 (recommended: realtek 8139 PCI ethernet adapter) (see pc0_beta.zip)
xb1 : release 0.0 (recommended: any modchip, built-in ethernet adapter)
ps2 : release 0.0 (recommended: any modchip, non usb or built-in ethernet adapter)
ps3 : nothing yet (recommended: firmware version < 2.10, built-in ethernet adapter)
360 : nothing yet (recommended: kernel 4532 or 4548, KK or JTAG, built-in ethernet adapter)
wii : nothing yet (recommended: Homebrew Channel or BootMii, USB ethernet adapter)
zun : nothing yet (zune hd, openzdk end user pre-requisites, see zunedevwiki.org)
iph : nothing yet (iphone, ipod or ipad, 1 subscription needed for 100 users)
mac : nothing yet
nds : nothing yet (recommended: usb 2.0 cable, linker, 'vacation' offline mode later)
psp : nothing yet (recommended: usb 2.0 cable, custfw, 'vacation' offline mode later)
din : nothing yet (dingoo a320, usb 2.0 cable, 'vacation' offline mode later)

(not sure about the following ones, I don't plan to purchase the hardware, yet)
xol : nothing yet (XO-Laptop, see http://wiki.laptop.org)
wiz : nothing yet (gp2x wiz, usb 2.0 cable, 'vacation' offline mode later)
chb : nothing yet (chumby, usb 2.0 cable, 'vacation' offline mode later)
pan : nothing yet (pandora, usb 2.0 cable, 'vacation' offline mode later)

versions:
0.0 - Downloads boot text code and displays it on screen. No more.
0.1 - Boot text code is executed by canonic assembler interpreter engine.