em00k / next-zxdb-downloader

Search and download files from the ZXDB Spectrum database using your ZX Next.
Apache License 2.0
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Massive thanks to Remy Sharp for his brilliant .http (https://github.com/remy/next-http) and zxdb.remysharp.com ZXDB proxy

No I didn't create NextBestNetwork as the Kickstarter update stated, NextBestNetwork was created by the awesome D Xalior Rimron-Soutter (https://www.nextbestnetwork.com/wos/)

Without the D and Remy none of this would have been possible, I just wrote the front end client.

Boriel for his ZX Basic Compiler which the browser was written in. (https://github.com/boriel/zxbasic) with NextBuild (https://github.com/em00k/NextBuild)

Next ZXDB-dl search

If you get corruption when loading and you had a previous version try deleting c:\sys\zxdb.cfg

How to use:

Copy the two folders to the root of your Next SD card :

Connect to your wifi using the wifi.bas supplied on the next distro this can be found in demos\esp\wifi2.bas - note you only need to configure your wifi once, each power on the esp should automatically re-connect.

to find result. eg manic*miner

You can then select a file to download or search for a new term.

The search works with "starts with", all spaces must be replace with an asterix, eg : "target renegade" should be entered as "target*renengade"

zxdb-dl can than lauch your download if preffered, or you can choose to do another seach.

Sometimes a download will fail and zxdb-dl will attempt 4 times before giving up, these can happen for a number of reasons and hopefully as time goes on this will improve.

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