uIEC/SD now available (fwd)

RobertB · February 04, 2009, 06:48 PM

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From: Jim Brain
Date: Feb 3, 11:28 pm

I held off on announcing uIEC/SD availability until I had some stock (impatient folks, you know who you are :-), but I do now have some stock (90 units).

Since uIEC shares the same firmware (kudos to Ingo Korb, who does not get enough recognition for this fine piece of code) as the recently announced SD2IEC, I'll spare everyone rehashing the similarities and just note the differences:

* uIEC/SD is currently the smallest known CBM drive (1.5" x 1.5" by 0.3"). Perfect for embedding in your favorite machine, drive, or calculator (shout out to Tone007, who stuffed one in a CBM pocket calculator)
* uIEC/SD shares the same 128kB Atmel AVR 8-bit microcontroller as the rest of the uIEC line. With 51kB used for firmware, there's plenty of room left for the future.
* uIEC/SD comes complete for use with IEC connector and power supply cassette port connector. VIC/64/C128 users can simply plug the wires in and use. (SX64/+4/C116/C16 users need to source 5V elsewhere, let me know before purchasing if you'd like an alternate connector)
* Although not yet defined for use, uIEC/SD offers an additional switch line and programmatic LED for future use.
* uIEC/SD not only supports SD and SDHC cards, but either SD or SDHC cards can also be used for updating the firmware (new feature, older firmware update software only supports SD cards)

Pictures available at: http://www.jbrain.com/vicug/gallery/uIEC/IMG_6514

As with uIEC/CF, units are $50.00/unit, with shipping (for up to 3 units) as follows:

$5.00/US
$10.00/Canada
$15.00/Intl

Email brain@jbrain.com for ordering information, or simply Paypal the address for immediate purchase.

I'd like to thank all those who have purchased uIEC units. I hope everyone finds them useful.

Jim

RobertB · February 09, 2009, 06:47 PM

My uIEC/SD should be arriving any day now. I intend to show off and demonstrate/compare the Jim Brain's uIEC and the NKCElectronics new SD2IEC at the following meetings/events:

Feb. 21 - The Other Group of Amigoids
March 8 - the Southern California Commodore/Amiga Network
March 15 - the Fresno Commodore User Group
the Fort Collins Commodore Club (this summer)
the Commodore Users Group of Kansas City (this summer)
April 5 - MossyCon 5
April 16-19 - Blockparty 3/Notacon 6
July 25-26 - CommVEx v5
September - Vintage Computer Festival East
September/October - SC3 Arcade Party
October - AmiWest Show
November - Vintage Computer Festival 11.0

Combined attendance at these meetings/events -- about 1,100!

A busy year,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
CommVEx v5 info - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX

RobertB · February 10, 2009, 03:31 PM

Quote from: RobertB on February 09, 2009, 06:47 PMMy uIEC/SD should be arriving any day now.

I received it in the mail today.

Now where is my spare SD card?
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
CommVEx v5 info - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX

Andrew Wiskow · February 12, 2009, 10:57 AM

Quote from: RobertB on February 10, 2009, 03:31 PMI received it in the mail today.

Yay! A new toy!

RobertB · February 12, 2009, 01:37 PM

Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on February 12, 2009, 10:57 AMYay! A new toy!

Yay! Something to show you, if you make it to the March SCCAN meeting.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
CommVEx v5 info - http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX

RobertB · March 10, 2009, 07:01 AM

More testing done with the uIEC/SD done at yesterday's SCCAN meeting. Reading .d64 files off of Microcenter 2 gb SD, Microcenter 4 gb SDHC, and Patriot 2 gb SD cards was successful. A note -- to prevent confusion we marked the uIEC's pin #1 and the detachable serial cable with a marker pen so that if the two were detached, they could be reassembled easily again.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
http://retro-link.com

RobertB · March 10, 2009, 11:44 AM

Quote from: me on March 10, 2009, 07:01 AMReading .d64 files off of Microcenter 2 gb SD, Microcenter 4 gb SDHC, and Patriot 2 gb SD cards was successful.

Looking back at my notes, I see that we also successfully tried out a Kingston 2 gb microSD with adapter.

Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
http://retro-link.com