PiPortfolioDaemon

Disclaimer: This is a work in progress!

• Author: Lennart Hennigs (https://www.lennarthennigs.de)
• Copyright (C) 2023 Lennart Hennigs.
• Released under the MIT license.
• To see the latest changes look at the Changelog.
• If you find this library helpful please consider giving it a ⭐️ at GitHub and/or buy me a ☕️.

Thank you!

Description

• This is a NodeJS web server that runs on a Raspberry Pi, connected to the Portfolio's Parallel interface.
• It offers web interface to upload and download software to and from the Portfolio.

Introduction

The Atari Portfolio was the first palmtop computer. Using and experiencing one today is hard, as you have hard time putting any files onto it.

• The storage cards it uses are no longer produced (Bee Cards) and are kind of rare.
• To transfer files you need the Atari Portfolio Parallel Interface,...
• ... and a PC that actually still has a parallel port,...
• ... and a transfer program like transfolio

Without the above, the Atari is mostly a pretty plastic brick that you cannot access.

To fix this, I wanted to provide an easy way to transfer data to the Portfolio with modern computers.

Functions

• Provides a web page on [Pi IP-Address]:3000
• There you can...
  • list folder content on the Portfolio
  • download files
  • upload files
  • see an activity log
• In addition, it watches a shared SAMBA folder for uoloaded files to send them to the Portfolio.
• It also detects whether the connection to the Portfolio has timed out.

Prerequisites

• Atari Portfolio with Parallel Interface
• Raspberry Pi (Zero)
• Atari Portfolio connected to Pi
• NodeJS installed on the Pi
• rpfolio installed on the Pi
• Nice to have: A shared SAMBA folder on the Pi

How To Use

• connect the Pi to the Portfolio
• run the transfer system util on the Portfolio (in server mode)
  • Atari + S > F > S
• copy the project files onto your Pi
  • git clone https://github.com/LennartHennigs/PiPortfolioDaemon.git
• set up a public SAMBA share for the ~/upload/ folder (optional)
• install NodeJS on your Pi
• build rpfolio
• run the server via node ~/PiPortfolioDaemon/server.js
• open [ip address of your Pi]:3000 in your browser
• transfer away