wraggster
April 14th, 2013, 21:59
via http://rpix86.patrickaalto.com/rblog.html
First off, rpix86 now has a logo image! Big thanks to UnfocusedBrain (http://unfocusedbrain.com/) for creating a cool image for rpix86! I immediately liked the idea when I saw the image he had created, as I think it nicely combines the Raspberry Pi theme with the x86 text. I now use small versions of that image as the favicon of these pages, and in the rpix86 executable when running under X Window graphical environment. I also used the image in the new Raspberry Pi Store (http://store.raspberrypi.com/projects/rpix86) BoxArt image.
I have not managed to get nearly as much work done on rpix86 this past week as I did during my vacation week. During workdays I don't have much time to work on my hobby projects. I did however acquire some new hardware which I can use when coding new features and testing them. I got a Roland MT-32 sound module from eBay, and an USB to RS-232 converter cable. I used to have a Roland LAPC-1 sound card back in 1991, but I swapped it for a Roland SCC-1 in 1992. Even though the new card was in some ways better, I have pretty much been regretting this switch ever since. I still have the SCC-1 card, but I don't have any PCs with ISA card slots so I can not use it any more. I thought it might now be time to re-acquire a MT-32, I can use it when testing the MIDI support in rpix86, and I also have some old MIDI compositions that were made for MT-32 and don't sound correct on any other MIDI device.
I got the USB to RS-232 device in order to code serial port emulation into rpix86. This is the most often requested missing feature, so I thought I would try to add that next. This is what I am currently working on. I found an old modem in my closet, and I am first trying to get communications between rpix86 and that modem working. I am using an old DOS communications program Telix to test the communications. I used that program back in the early 90's to call various BBS systems. Launching up Telix in rpix86 brought back a lot of memories from those old times. :-)
I am hoping to get the serial port support done by the next weekend, but it might take longer. In any case, thank you again for your interest in rpix86!
First off, rpix86 now has a logo image! Big thanks to UnfocusedBrain (http://unfocusedbrain.com/) for creating a cool image for rpix86! I immediately liked the idea when I saw the image he had created, as I think it nicely combines the Raspberry Pi theme with the x86 text. I now use small versions of that image as the favicon of these pages, and in the rpix86 executable when running under X Window graphical environment. I also used the image in the new Raspberry Pi Store (http://store.raspberrypi.com/projects/rpix86) BoxArt image.
I have not managed to get nearly as much work done on rpix86 this past week as I did during my vacation week. During workdays I don't have much time to work on my hobby projects. I did however acquire some new hardware which I can use when coding new features and testing them. I got a Roland MT-32 sound module from eBay, and an USB to RS-232 converter cable. I used to have a Roland LAPC-1 sound card back in 1991, but I swapped it for a Roland SCC-1 in 1992. Even though the new card was in some ways better, I have pretty much been regretting this switch ever since. I still have the SCC-1 card, but I don't have any PCs with ISA card slots so I can not use it any more. I thought it might now be time to re-acquire a MT-32, I can use it when testing the MIDI support in rpix86, and I also have some old MIDI compositions that were made for MT-32 and don't sound correct on any other MIDI device.
I got the USB to RS-232 device in order to code serial port emulation into rpix86. This is the most often requested missing feature, so I thought I would try to add that next. This is what I am currently working on. I found an old modem in my closet, and I am first trying to get communications between rpix86 and that modem working. I am using an old DOS communications program Telix to test the communications. I used that program back in the early 90's to call various BBS systems. Launching up Telix in rpix86 brought back a lot of memories from those old times. :-)
I am hoping to get the serial port support done by the next weekend, but it might take longer. In any case, thank you again for your interest in rpix86!