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NEWS
uIEC and uIEC/CF are projects
Jim Brain
More options Apr 15, 12:26 am
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: Jim Brain
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:16 GMT
For those who do now know, uIEC and
uIEC/CF are projects to allow an IEC-
based CBM computer (VIC/64/128/etc.) to utilize an IDE drive Formatted with a
FAT file system or a Compact Flash (CF)
card with such a file system.
uIEC development took some very
interesting paths this year (more
details if there is interest), but I
am happy to report that the unit is
working and I'm now concentrating my
efforts on making it CF-card agnostic
(testing various cards I have here),
and trying to increase compatibility.
I have a deadline to have units for
sale in time for the CCCC expo in late
June.
I've taken advantage of the long list
of features in another project
(sd2iec) to make uIEC even more
compatible and useful. So, here is a
combined list of features:
o Supports IDE and CF cards (uIEC
supports IDE/IDE, IDE/CF, or CF/CF if
you have an IDE->CF adapter for the
second card. uIEC/CF supports single
CF card)
o Supports drives of any size, though
support for >137GB drives needs more
testing. :-)
o Supports FAT12/16/32 partitions of
any legal size
* Supports partition-less
cards/drives, or up to 4 primary
partitions or 3 primary and 12
extended partitions. (Email me if you
have more than 12 extended partitions
on a drive :-)
o Supports FAT Long filenames
* Transparent support for PRG/SEQ/USR
file extensions, with REL support
planned.
o Transparent support for P00/S00/U00
files, with R00 support planned.
o Supports read and write of D64
images.
o Block level disk access supported on
D64 images
o Most CBM DOS commands
(Scratch,Initialize,Rename,etc.)
supported.
o CBM general config commands (U0, U+,
U-, UI, U9, U:, UJ) supported.
o CBM block level commands (B-R, B-W,
UA, U1, U2, UB) supported when in D64
image.
o CMD-style partition ($=P) support
o CMD-style subdirectory (MD,CD,RD)
support.
o CMD DOS Commands (G-P, G-<shift-P>)
support.
* Long form CMD directories ($=T:*,
$=T:*=L) supported
o 1581-style/CMD-FD/HD-style wildcard
matching supported ($:JIM*RAIN)
o JiffyDOS fast loader equipped (PAL
and NTSC support). Can be enabled or
disabled via DOS command. & Firmware
can be updated by copying new firmware
file to root dir of first drive, first
partition and resetting unit.
(* noted items are in my WIP codebase,
& are features in mainline codebase I
need to enable in my variant)
I want to publicly thank Unseen of
sd2iec for creating a very impressive
codebase that made my feeble original
attempt pale in comparison. Although I
will regret not being the originator
of the uIEC firmware, it simply made no
sense to duplicate all of the features
and require sd2iec to re-implement
features already in the uIEC project.
I think Unseen also appreciates another
developer on his firmware project. My
additions have primarily been to the
FAT LFN code, the CMD HD commands, and
multiple drive support.
In process is time-based directory
pattern matching (>00:00:00 and
<00:00:00), support for programs that
determine drive type via M-R, and
D71/D81 image support.
I'll refrain from listing the ideas in
the enhancement bucket, but there are
quite a few. At this point, I am
prioritizing features that might make
HW changes necessary, for obvious
reasons. Firmware-only additions can
be made after shipping.
I'm happy to answer questions in the
thread.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys
.cbm/browse_thread/thread/9b8ea39e1f5dc
75a?hl=en
NEWS
Vintage Technology Magazine
Is available to download now up to
version 6 priced at 0.99 back issues
are available Go to:
www.vintagetechnology.co.uk
to download latest issue (May '08).
This issue features:
Old-school computer learning
Will my vintage electronics collection
still work in 100 years time?
Flight sims - flying with home
computers
Defender - the thinking man's arcade
shoot-em up
Commodore PET computers
Early modems in the US & UK
Tomy handheld electronic games
Vintage LED clocks
Learn about maths the vintage way
Vintage voice recorders
First 'personal' radios
Interview with Richard Hanson -Superior
Software founder
Repairing handheld games
HP calculator memories
FREE online sample Edition is
available
http://www.vintagetechnology.co.uk/down
load.htm
Jeri Ellsworth at the NotaCon
/BlockParty FPGA Programming
This is Jeri Ellsworth at the
NotaCon/BlockParty April 4th, 2008.
She is talking about creating a demo in
FPGA. http://blip.tv/file/821819
Commodore brand name in trouble again
Escom paid $14m for the Commodore
name, then they suffered problems and
closed Tulip rescued the name in 2004
they sold the brand name to Dutch
firm, Yeahronimo who tried to market
the brand name by selling M3 players
and the Gravel, the company suffered
poor sales and looks like they are now
in financial problems This doesn?t
affect Commodore gaming who are a
separate company altogether.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/0
4/18/commodore_lawsuits/print.html
#Amigaguide
The first edition of this English pdf
magazine is now available for
download. In this edition the
following: disk.info, How to use
floppies, Kick Off 2, Tilt, Trashcan,
Amiga Laptop and Sandnes BBS. You can
download the pdf after you register
(for free).
http://amigaweb.net/index.php?function=
amigaguide
3 ReadMeFirst - Editorial
4 Disk.info - News
7 Floppies...Floppies....Floppies
- Erlend writes about what we can use
all those floppies for...
8 Kick Off 2 - Did you know there is a
very strong world community gathered
around the famous Amiga soccer game
Kick Off 2? Learn more about Kick Off 2
WC, Cups and community by reading this!
12 Tilt - game review - Michal writes
about Street Rod 2
13 Trashcan
14 Tilt - game review - Michal writes
about another Amiga game
15 Sandnes Amiga BBS - Sandnes BBS is
still running after 10 years, & still
uses an Amiga 1200 as its host
computer. SysOp Firestone writes a
little computer history....
20 Amiga promotion products
Behr Multicart for the VIC 20
PAL VERSION
I am happy to announce that I now
accept orders for the PAL version of
the Behr Bonz multicart. The price is
the same as the NTSC version: 30$
Canadian. Shipping to Europe or
Australia is 11$ for up to 5 carts.
Please visit www.8bitcentral.com
(COMMODORE FREE) Ordered and waiting
with anticipation will do a review for
the magazine once I have my hands on
the device
List of games included in the PAL
version:
A
AE/ Aggressor/ Alien Blitz/ Alphabet
Zoo/ Amok!/ Arachnoid/ Artillery Duel/
Astroblitz/ Atlantis/ Attack of the
mutant Camels/ Avenger
B
Black Hole/ Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
C
Cave-In/ Centipede/ Choplifter/
Cloudburst/ Clowns Joystick/ Clowns
Paddles/ Computer War/ Congo Bongo
/Cosmic Cruncher/ Cosmic Jailbreak/
Creepy Corridors/ Crossfire/ Cyclon
D
Deadly Duck/ Deadly Skies/ Defender/
Demon Attack/ Dig Dug/ Donkey Kong
/Dragonfire/ Droids
F
Fourth Encounter/ Frogger
G
Galaxian/ Gorf/ Gridrunner
I
In the Chips
J
Jawbreaker II/ Jelly Monsters/ Jupiter
Lander
K
Keyquest/ Krazy Antics/ KStar Patrol
L
Lazer Zone/ Lode Runner/ Lunar Leeper
M
Maze/ Medieval Joust/ Menagerie/ Mine
Madness/ Miner 2049'er/ Mobile Attack/
Money Wars/ Monster Maze/ Moon Patrol/
Mosquito Infestation/ Motocross Racer/
Ms Pacman/ Mutant Herd
O
Omage Race/ Outworld
P
Pacman/ Paratrooper/ Pharaoh's Curse
/Pinball Spectacular/ Pipes/ Poker/
Polaris/ Pole Position/ Predator
/Princess and Frog/ Protector
Q
Q-Bert/ Quackers
R
Radar Rat Race/ Raid on Fort Knox/
Rally-X/ Rat Hotel/ Renaissance/ River
Rescue/ Road Race/ Robot Panic/
Robotron 2084
S
Scott Adams: Adventureland/ Scott
Adams: Mission Impossible/ Scott
Adams: Pirate's Cove/ Scott Adams: The
Count/ Scott Adams: Voodoo Castle/
Sargon II Chess/ Satellite Patrol
/Satellite and Meteorites/ Scorpion/
Sea Wolf/ Seafox/ Serpentine/ Shamus/
Sir Lancelot/ Skibbereen/ Skyblazer/
Space Ric-o-shay/ Spiders of Mars/
Spike's Peak/ Spills and Fills/
Springer/ Star Battle/ Star Post/ Star
Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator/
Sub Chase/ Submarine Commander/ Super
Amok/ Super Slot/ Super Smash
T
Terraguard/ The Sky is Falling/
Threshold/ Topper/ Turmoil/ Tutankham/
Type Attack/ Typo
V
Video Vermin/ Videomania/ Visible
Solar System