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thechaosengineer
commodore64
9y
DC2N5-LC DIY kits available again
DC2N5-LC DIY kits available again
As the PCBs for DC2N5-LC were manufactured and received, a few DC2N5-LC DIY kits are available again! If you are into 8-bit tape preservation or would simply enjoy playing back tape ROMs to your Commodore
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thechaosengineer
arduino
9y
Commodore 64 disk image write ready in IECHost
Commodore 64 disk image write ready in IECHost
After a few changes to the IECHost client, I was finally able to make it stable to write D64 images back to physical disks. Have a look at the video below: The disk was also imaged to D64 afterwards and
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thechaosengineer
arduino
9y
Commodore 64 warp disk write progress in IECHost
Commodore 64 warp disk write progress in IECHost
After a few tuning cycles, I am glad to say that the warp transfer routine that is used for sector writing to a physical disk is now working as expected. The very first sector I wrote to a real disk is
thechaosengineer
commodore64
9y
Commodore 64 disk write options ready in IECHost
Commodore 64 disk write options ready in IECHost
After a tiny but necessary update on the firmware side, I was able to finish off the PRG import feature for IECHost and complete the rest of the disk write/modify options I had planned. Here' a video to
thechaosengineer
arduino
9y
Commodore 64 disks: write features planned for IECHost (Arduino Pro Micro board)
Commodore 64 disks: write features planned for IECHost (Arduino Pro Micro board)
Writing data to disks Yesterday evening I implemented the file import feature in IECHost: I can now copy data from a PC to a Commodore 5'1/4" DOS disk. However, the work on this is not yet finished
thechaosengineer
arduino
9y
Retrocomputing for Commodore 64 disk backups: updates about IECHost (based on the Arduino Pro Micro board)
Retrocomputing for Commodore 64 disk backups: updates about IECHost (based on the Arduino Pro Micro board)
Maintenance release before further features are added Over the weekend I worked at a maintenance release of my IECHost GUI client, addressing an issue I was having with data exchange upon creating the
thechaosengineer
commodore64
9y
Retrocomputing: fast backup of Commodore disks
Retrocomputing: fast backup of Commodore disks
What's on those old disks? If you found yourself staring at a pile of Commodore disks you had stored a while back in your basement/attic/garage and forgotten about, then you might also be asking yourself

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