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IECHost GUI client version 3.8.4 released

Posted on February 15, 2020 by

In case you haven’t seen the announcement on my website, version 3.8.4 of the IECHost GUI client is now available within my Software page. This is a minor release for a few enhancements and bug fixes. Details of the changes are … Continue reading →

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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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Inventory

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

I’ve recently returned from yet another stay abroad and, although I’ve been focusing mostly on my job, I also worked at a few updates of the IECHost client application: version 3.8 is due to be out by the end of … Continue reading →

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IECHost GUI client version 3.5 released

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

Version 3.5 of the IECHost GUI client is now available within my Software page.

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