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inital results on error correction

While I have yet to actually implement the full-scale error correction as I want to, I did some manual tests today. I basically took a track that I was erroring out on, and swapped in 1-bit away values for the bad bytes.  In some cases, it appeared...

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Amiga Floppy

updated code and comments

  Here’s a current version of the code.  I cleaned up my code tonight, added a bunch of comments, and tried to explain and document what I’m doing and the logic behind it. The current code is so much better...

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Minor problems on techtravels.org email

I recently discovered a problem where email directed to techtravels.org accounts was bouncing. It’s been fixed. If you’ve emailed something over the last couple months and didn’t get a reply, please...

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Amiga Floppy

Schmitt Trigger

Welp, after talking with some smart guys on forums.parallax.com, it looks like the Schmitt Trigger feature on the SX is going to allow me to get rid of my 74HC132 that I’ve spent at least a couple hours messing...

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finally got some work into the VSC

Ok, so I’ve finally got some work done on this tonight. I’ve decided to go to a 4-line buffer system because it’s a more round number than 3 — makes everything easier to deal with. I’ve...

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Amiga Floppy

looking at the code this a.m.

Welp, I decided to take a look at my code today, although I can’t actually implement anything until after I get home from work. 🙂 Not sure if I mentioned this eariler, but I’m now padding the data sent from...

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Amiga Floppy

heat problems

As I alluded in an earlier post(s), my SX28 has been pretty warm. After doing a number of different tests, I’ve now ordered an infrared thermometer from amazon for $29.99. I want to find out exactly how hot this...

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Amiga Floppy

slacking indeed

I’ve been horrible about the project lately.  Dunno why. Today is the first time I’ve looked at it in quite some time.  The last couple hours have been spent trying to remember exactly where I’ve been...

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Amiga Floppy

first day back

You know, I always hate the “first day back” working on a project.  Things always seem to get screwed up between the time I last worked on a project, and that day.  Even if nothing has changed. Or so I say...

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