@graphmastur: Ahh, OK I see. But why a kext? Merely detecting via libusb will work.
(Then again, I'm not sure how Mac OS X works in terms of drivers, so excuse me if I wrong.)
I'm not really good with USB devices, other than plugging them in and taking them out.
I've read a little bit of the USB specification, but that's all, and that was a loooonnnngggg time ago.
Also, I've played around with libusb before. (Also when I was looking at the USB spec.)
I wrote an iPod Touch/iPhone jailbreaker in C with libusb (mostly copy and paste functions).
I'm not really good in calc ASM either, which is why I'm waiting for Quigbo to implement the USB communication stuff into his Axe Parser.
However, we can get started on that stuff first, and maybe post a POC with source code.
For me, Java is "meh"... Python's pretty powerful. You could write a C library and Python can interface with it.
For speed, did you mean the calc is faster than HTTP?
That would make more sense.
My main goal in the end is just to get the calc on the internet. It's very tricky to do the remote control idea.
I'll PM you shortly.
@Quigibo: Very true... but as I've said, 1) there are security checks and such that I have yet to show; 2) This was a bad idea from the start (and I knew that) 3) My main goal is just connecting the calc to the internet.
I like your idea of a website dedicated to testing! However, there might be some kinks to work out, such as if the person should get 1 credit from the start and such, as well as reviews of the reviews. Otherwise, that definitely sounds more sensible to me.
@Lionel: Yes, we'll look at it for sure.
But before we dive into your code, a quick question: does the SilverLink and DirectLink cables (USB) allow for custom communication to the calculator, or are only files (basically regular transfers) allowed?
@Art_of_camelot: It is indeed a tricky idea. If there is a demand, we'll probably implement (or a least try to) the idea.
For now, we'll be focused on getting the calc to get on the internet.
