Propeller IDE running under Mepis Linux
Maybe this has already been done and is no big deal, but I was amazed that it worked and how easy it was.
I have Mepis 6.5. I installed VirtualBox. I installed Windows XP in the virtual box, and shared the FTDI USB serial port. I downloaded code to the Propeller chip and it just worked!
I keep reading how people want the IDE to run native in Linux and/or on a Mac. Is Wine not an option because of the FTDI drivers? Couldn't someone make a cable that converts RS-232 to TTL, and then plug in somewhere else on the development board?
I have Mepis 6.5. I installed VirtualBox. I installed Windows XP in the virtual box, and shared the FTDI USB serial port. I downloaded code to the Propeller chip and it just worked!
I keep reading how people want the IDE to run native in Linux and/or on a Mac. Is Wine not an option because of the FTDI drivers? Couldn't someone make a cable that converts RS-232 to TTL, and then plug in somewhere else on the development board?
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If you wanted to, you could do some win32 tricks, like redefine the shell, put the app in the startup sequence, map a shared drive, or make ftp shortcuts, etc...
Then just click on the VM, let it boot and your app is running in a window.