What’s New

Release 0.5.0

March 10, 2023 release

release page

Release 0.5.0 RC1

March 05, 2023 release candidate

Time for a new release. 0.5.0 RC1 is available to try out. To upgrade your OqtaDrive to the latest release candidate, enter this URL into the Source field in the Config tab of the web UI, then click Upgrade:

https://oqtadrive.org/builds/rc

To revert to the latest official release, leave the Source field empty and click Upgrade.

The new features in 0.5.0 are:

Overall

extended file system implementation, now also includes write functionality; all code that’s writing to cartridges was refactored to use the file system implementation
upgrades: arduino-cli 0.29.0, AVR core 1.8.6, Go 1.20.0
moved landing page and install images to oqtadrive.org
documentation updates

Daemon / `oqtactl`

support for directly loading QDOS Zip archives
support for renaming & quick formatting of cartridges; available form web UI & command line
manual page on control cartridges; this gets added when a control cartridge is formatted
cartridge type also shown in drive list in client control

Web UI

more detailed drive list, improved design, indicate control cartridges, status change optimizations
improved design for search result list
indicate repo re-index & software upgrade progress, prevent concurrent invocation
drop down menu for choosing upgrade source
wait dialog to ZXDB search
misc. fixes

✎ Update Entry