Monthly Archives: September 2018

IECHost client 3.0 under testing

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

I got to a point where I think version 3.0 of the IECHost GUI client is ready for being published, so I started doing some testing. I am seeing significant differences in read times for sector-by-sector dumping under Windows and … Continue reading →

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IECHost GUI client news

Posted on September 29, 2018 by

I’ve been working at the IECHost GUI client, exposing all dumping modes in a way that facilitates its use in a mass dumping scenario. The outcome is that the existing dumping mode can now be accessed with the F1 key … Continue reading →

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IECHost GUI client: previewing another upcoming feature

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

This evening  I was working at an additional “preservation” dumping mode that only dumps those sectors that are marked as allocated within the disk’s BAM. This strategy, suggested by The Transfer Team, is particularly useful in case there are damaged … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing again

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

I won’t be providing too many details for now, but today I submitted 4 different PCB designs to manufacturing. Among these, the PCB for one popular device of mine and for an unexpected return. Stay tuned!

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IECHost GUI client: preview of what’s coming in version 3.0

Posted on September 22, 2018 by

I thought to share a preview of some of the work I am doing on version 3.0 of the IECHost GUI client. Here’s a video: This sector reading implementation is slower but quite reliable. It also uses components available in … Continue reading →

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IECHost GUI client further update

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

Version 2.17 of the IECHost GUI client with additional logging about sector read retry results and erroneous transmissions is now available within my Software page. Enjoy!

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Party shortcuts

Posted on September 15, 2018 by

Ahead of X’2018 I’ve been registering a few TinyURL entries as per below: https://tinyurl.com/luigidifraia https://tinyurl.com/iechost https://tinyurl.com/iechost-clients https://tinyurl.com/iechost-firmware https://tinyurl.com/dc2n4-clients https://tinyurl.com/c2nemu-clients https://tinyurl.com/tapcleanfe https://tinyurl.com/integrator2012 https://tinyurl.com/beam-racer-intro https://tinyurl.com/ambigram-intro https://tinyurl.com/border-mania-intro https://tinyurl.com/ambigram-hf https://tinyurl.com/8-bit-tape-analysis Have fun spreading if you would like to 🙂

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