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  2. ** Greaseweazle Release Notes
  3. ** Keir Fraser <keir.xen@gmail.com>
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  5. ** v0.6 - 15 November 2019
  6. - gw.py: Big overhaul of underlying Python package
  7. - Action (read, write, update) must come first on the command line
  8. - eg. "python3 gw.py read --ecyl=39 foo.scp COM3"
  9. - gw.py: New action "delays" to print/set delay parameters
  10. - eg. "python3 gw.py delays --step=10000" to increase step time to 10ms
  11. ** v0.5 - 11 November 2019
  12. - USB: Overhaul the protocol and allow writes to be terminated at index
  13. - Terminate-at-index is always used by current Python control script
  14. - Terminate-at-index prevents an over-long write from overwriting itself
  15. - Fix interruption of track writes (eg. KeyboardInterrupt)
  16. - gw.py: New option --adjust-speed to normalise flux times for target drive
  17. - Measures RPM of the target drive and calculates an adjustment factor
  18. ** v0.4 - 5 November 2019
  19. - Blinky: Diagnostic test firmware to detect fake STM32 chips
  20. - https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle/wiki/STM32-Fakes
  21. - Floppy Write: Fix for very short flux timings
  22. - Floppy Read: Fix for very long flux timings
  23. - USB: Small improvement to double-buffer logic
  24. ** v0.3 - 30 October 2019
  25. - Bootloader: Fix Programming-Jumper detection
  26. - Read Track: Various minor fixes
  27. - SCP: Fix the SCP file headers generated by "gw.py read"
  28. ** IMPORTANT USER INSTRUCTIONS **:
  29. - Users must serial-update using the v0.3 HEX file
  30. - DO NOT update from v0.2 using the UPD file
  31. - May need to install the crcmod package: eg "pip3 install crcmod"
  32. ** v0.2 - 29 October 2019
  33. - USB: Fix hangs during "gw.py read"
  34. - Thanks to Charlie Smurthwaite for telling me how to fix this!
  35. - USB: Improved bandwidth (double-buffered IN/OUT endpoints)
  36. - Reduces risk of buffer underflow/overflow during disk operations
  37. - Firmware Update: Requires a jumper across A14 (aka DCL) and GND
  38. - eg. "python gw.py update Greaseweazle-v0.2.upd COM3"
  39. ** v0.1 - 17 October 2019
  40. - First release