X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=AltOS%2Findex.mdwn;h=ca69cf559fd648bf26124941ead983db64baeb8d;hb=a31cca9c2dc51fed37213e2dda1b16370c6c09b8;hp=1656283dff45b21aeb0de2f42f28e492b6ffc73b;hpb=7e61ca7913a41204cf388e8f93df77c421b92e4a;p=web%2Faltusmetrum diff --git a/AltOS/index.mdwn b/AltOS/index.mdwn index 1656283..ca69cf5 100644 --- a/AltOS/index.mdwn +++ b/AltOS/index.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +[[!meta title="AltOS"]] # AltOS AltOS is the name of Keith's firmware "operating system" for @@ -29,7 +30,18 @@ in [html](doc/altos.html) and [pdf](doc/altos.pdf) formats, and a document describing the AltOS over the radio protocol in [html](doc/telemetry.html) and [pdf](doc/telemetry.pdf) formats. -[[!inline pages="./releases/* and !*/Discussion and !*.html and !*.bz2 and !*.zip and !*.exe" show="10" rss="no" raw="yes" ]] +If you're running Windows 8, you should take a look at [Installing AltosUI on +Windows 8](Win8) which will help you install the operating system +drivers needed to communicate with the USB hardware. + +If you're running a recent version of Mac OS X, you'll probably need +to read [Installing AltosUI on Mac OS X](MacOSX). This describes how +to get rid of the the 'App is damaged' messages and run the program. + +Each available download includes AltosUI, documentation, and firmware updates +for all current products. + +[[!inline pages="./releases/* and !*/Discussion and !*.sh and !*.html and !*.bz2 and !*.zip and !*.exe and !*.dmg" show="10" rss="no" raw="yes" ]] ## Source Code ## @@ -37,16 +49,7 @@ The latest source, which may include unreleased work in progress, is always available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the project [fw/altos](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary). -If you need to debug code on an Altus Metrum product, or want to do custom -development, you need a 2.X version of SDCC. Version 3.X adds features that -bloat the code generated on 8051 enough to overflow the available flash memory -size. As a result, we maintain a fork of SDCC we call 'cc1111' that is based -on the last upstream version of SDCC 2.X, plus a highly modified sdcdb with -support for the cc1111 debugging interface. This is avilable as a package in -Debian, or you can find the sources on [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) -in the project -[debian/cc1111](http://git.gag.com/?p=debian/cc1111;a=summary). This is -not necessary if you just want to rebuild AltOS and use it. +We've gathered a few notes on [buidling AltOS](building). ## Future Plans ## @@ -86,10 +89,6 @@ package from any Debian mirror, like so: apt-get update apt-get install altos -If you use [Ubuntu](http://ubuntulinux.org), pre-built packages are available -from [this PPA](https://launchpad.net/~sconklin/+archive/altos/) -maintained by Steve Conklin and friends. - If you use some other distribution of Linux, then a Linux package of our second-generation Java bits that should run on any distribution with a modern Java version is also