Tag Archives: software

WarpCopy64 client: further development

Posted on October 12, 2019 by

As part of the effort to support RR-Net and the WarpCopy64 server in IECHost, a while back I was developing a WarpCopy PC client. As I am delving into the WarpCopy protocol further, I expanded such client to fetch the … Continue reading →

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Pondering the protocol change for IEChost

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

As part of the roadmap/plan for release 4.0 of the IECHost client I was thinking of rewriting the communication protocol over the USB connection, using WarpCopy64’s one as reference. Just to recap, doing so would facilitate adding support in the … Continue reading →

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More d64parse binaries available

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

Here are the binaries I prepared: Mac OSX 64-bit Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Linux 64-bit Windows portable If you get a chance to try any of these and feel like it, then please leave a comment below!

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Beta version of d64parse available for testing!

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

I did some testing today for d64parse and I am happy to share binaries for Windows and Linux for end-user testing. One neat feature I added in version 1.4 is the ability to search for a filename pattern in all … Continue reading →

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Final touches to libd64fs version 2

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

I was recently approached by MdZ from The Transfer Team to add a new feature to the IECHost client: save a textual directory listing with additional information, namely the real size in blocks and the MD5 hash of each PRG … Continue reading →

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IECHost GUI client version 3.8 released

Posted on June 22, 2019 by

Version 3.8 of the IECHost GUI client is now available within my Software page. This is a major release for new features. Details of the changes are available through the issue tracker.

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Progressing with the inventory

Posted on June 18, 2019 by

As part of the sorting out exercise I am going through, I brought back in good shape the DC2N2 test bed I had put together in 2013/2014. Not only I did tweaks to the wiring of the circuit, but I … Continue reading →

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