uIEC update v 0.8.0 (fwd)

[RobertB]

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From: Jim Brain     
Date: Mar 11, 7:02 pm

I have placed the formal 0.8.0 firmware release on jbrain.com for the  2.0 uIEC/IDE+CF, 2.3 uIEC/IDE+CF, all uIEC/CF units and all uIEC/SD units.  Here are the relevant links:

uIEC/CF, uIEC/IDE+CF v2.0 HW, uIEC/IDE v2.3 HW:
http://www.jbrain.com/pub/cbm/hw/uIEC/uIEC-firmware-0.8.0.bin

uIEC/SD HW           
http://www.jbrain.com/pub/cbm/hw/uIEC/uIEC3-firmware-0.8.0.bin

To use, place the appropriate file in the root directory of the primary drive (on uIEC/IDE, it will be the IDE master drive), and reboot your unit.

v 0.8.0 supports the following enhancements:

        - direct sector access of the real storage device
        - ignore DEL files in file_open
        - drive mapper
        - EXOS V3 fastloader support
        - Implement Dreamload emulation
        - RTC support
        - Multi-file scratch
        - Copy command
        - Large buffer support
        - Final Cartridge 3 freezed file fastloader support
        - D71/D81 disk image support
        - parse FSINFO sector for faster FAT32 free space calculation
        - partial REL file support
        - SD support for uIEC/IDE+CF

I encourage folks to upgrade their units to 0.8.0 as soon as possible. Many uIEC/SD and recent uIEC/IDE users have 0.8.0PRE1 on their units, but that is an interim release and should be replaced with this bugfixed release.

The C128 autoboot bug has also been fixed, though it was not an issue with the code.  I accidentally left some debugging turned on in the firmware, and the timing issues caused the bug.

Jim
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[RobertB]

To use, place the appropriate file in the root directory of the primary drive (on uIEC/IDE, it will be the IDE master drive), and reboot your unit.

No problem with updating the uIEC/SD.  The 500k update file was immediately recognized by the uIEC, and the update process only took a few seconds, the uIEC's activity light blinking furiously during the process.

                     Now if only there were an easy way to update
                     the NKCElectronics SD2IEC,
                     Robert Bernardo
                     Fresno Commodore User Group
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                     Notacon 6 / Blockparty 3 on April 16-19
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