thechaosengineer

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

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

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

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

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

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

The importance of being vigilant and security aware, especially at work The National Health System in UK has been hit by a major cyber-attack, with hackers demanding a ransom to unencrypt NHS data. A few

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