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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Taking a short break, but leaving a tiny surprise behind
Starting from next week I shall have a break from all things software and I probably won’t be able to reply to contact requests/emails. For this reason, and also because Andy has been quite active testing it, I thought to … Continue reading →
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IECHost: last client updates for a while
This evening I published the latest IECHost client applications, both GUI and command-line. These are likely to be the last updates for a while as I rotate my development efforts on other projects. If you get any issues or have … Continue reading →
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IECHost command-line utilities published
Version 1.4 of the IECHost command-line utilities for Windows was published within the Software page of my website. Usage example: >iechost-utils -l COM9 IECHost utilities, rel 1.4 – (C) 2018 Luigi Di Fraia Communicate with an IECHost device to perform common tasks … Continue reading →
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IECHost client update
Version 2.4-beta of the IECHost GUI client was published within the Software page of my website. This version allows users to update the firmware of their IECHost device to the version that was tested in conjunction with the client software itself, and … Continue reading →
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New IECHost client beta published for Windows and Linux!
Version 2.2-beta of the IECHost GUI client was published within the Software page of my website. Enjoy!
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Tagged Commodore 64, disks, Embedded systems, Firmware, IEC, IECHost, retrocomputing
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Blue bands and green pixels
As I keep getting asked what blue bands and green pixels stand for in my tape dumping firmware (DC2N3 and DC2N5-LC), client software (DC2N4-LC), and analysis software (e.g. Web-based tape analysis tool, TAP Studio), I thought to take a moment … Continue reading →
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Tagged Commodore 64, games, loaders, preservation, software, tapes
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Commodore 1541 inter-drive file copy: reality or myth?
Years and years ago, I was following a discussion about Commodore’s 1541 drive and its programmability. Back then somebody claimed that two 1541 drives can be instructed to communicate to each other, e.g. to copy a file from one to … Continue reading →
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IECHost: GUI client revision 2.0-alpha binaries available
As anticipated in my previous post, here are “alpha” binaries of the IECHost GUI client for Windows and Linux. Although these are release candidate versions and the ones I will support moving forward, bear in mind these are only meant for … Continue reading →
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IECHost: library integration completed
This evening I managed to complete the integration of my client libraries for USB serial communication into the GUI client for IECHost. Over the weekend I will probably make “alpha” binaries available for both Windows and Linux users. In fact, … Continue reading →
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IECHost: GUI client with read retry for Warp disk dumping
I managed to do some testing with the new IECHost GUI client and I’m happy to share an “alpha” version with IECHost users. Download link here. Bear in mind that not only I added a simple retry mechanism for sectors … Continue reading →
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