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Monthly Archives: October 2015
DC2N4 GUI client: Turbotape 250 filename extractor is in
The Turbotape 250 filename extraction component is now available in my DC2N4 USB Serial GUI client.
Posted in Retrocomputing, Technical
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Tagged Commodore 64, Datassette, DC2N, Embedded systems, preservation, tapes
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DC2N4 low-cost and Tiny C2N Monitor update
After work today I managed to program all the micro-controllers for Tiny C2N Monitor so once I get the PCBs from manufacturing, build and test one device I should be able to set the final price and ship kits out 🙂 … Continue reading →
Posted in Retrocomputing, Technical
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Tagged Commodore 64, Datassette, DC2N, Embedded systems, preservation, tapes
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DC2N4 low-cost preliminary test results are positive
I’ve managed to dump Silkworm again but this time using a low-cost micro-controller which is what DC2N4 low-cost is based on: 99% recognized in TAPClean and all check bytes match the expected values 🙂 The sampling coming from the device is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, Datassette, DC2N, Embedded systems, preservation, tapes
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DC2N4 low-cost started testing
Today I got the tiny development kit for DC2N4 low-cost. I was able to flash my code and interact with it over the USB serial connection without issues. What I need to test is whether or not I can achieve … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, DC2N, dumping, Embedded systems, preservation, tapes
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DC2N4 provisional offer
This is not yet official but things seem quite settled now: DC2N4 will be available to the public for a price that’s in between 30 and 35 GBP. Realistically, we might be looking at 35 GBP inclusive of shipping. Only PC … Continue reading →
Posted in Retrocomputing, Technical
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Tagged Commodore 64, DC2N, Embedded systems, Firmware, preservation, software, tapes
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Tiny C2N Monitor: 10 boards ordered!
Yesterday I finished the design of the PCB for Tiny C2N Monitor so today I ordered 10 boards and the relevant components. As soon as I manage to assemble and test one I might send out kits for users to … Continue reading →
Posted in Retrocomputing, Technical
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Tagged DC2N, Embedded systems, Firmware, tapes, Tiny C2N Monitor
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Tiny C2N Monitor update video
After putting in the Turrican loader filename extractor into my Tiny C2N Monitor I thought to take a video to show the result 🙂 As I only have 512 bytes of RAM on this tiny chip I might have to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, Embedded systems, Firmware, retrocomputing, tapes
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Tiny C2N Monitor: new tiny display
I finally received the smaller display I plan to use in Tiny C2N Monitor. After some initial head scratching on the mode the panel is set to, I managed to get everything going as I wanted 🙂
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Tagged Commodore 64, Embedded systems, Firmware, tapes
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DC2N4 BOM update
At the same time as I continue developing the full version of DC2N4, I am exploring the possibility to put together a low cost version of it. Features like the possibility to update the firmware of the device might disappear … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, DC2N, Embedded systems, preservation
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DC2N4: BOM is getting expensive
In a world where it seems that everything is getting more expensive, the DC2N4 BOM is no exception. See it for yourself here. That’s right, the enclosure I used for my DC2N4 prototype now costs 4.29 GBP (5.84 Euro) + shipping. With … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, DC2N, dumping, Embedded systems, preservation, tapes
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