HP-41CY re-initialization ROM

[Jurgen Keller]

(11-06-2019 07:45 PM)hth Wrote:  

(11-06-2019 07:20 PM)Jurgen Keller Wrote:  Do you know if it's a 32K or a (bank-switched) 64K RAMBOX? The 32K is easier to re-initialize.


Nearly the same here. I'm still on Mojave and I use VirtualBox with Windows 10. If I remember correctly I got the USB programmer (including the module adapter) directly from Diego.

I use High Sierra it seems. I long ago forgot about the order of the macOS versions, same with the kittens, what is the sorting order? What was wrong with numbers? I find numbers much easier to sort.

I build my Clonix module images on the macOS side using my own tools which produces an Intel hex file. For programming I use the Linux open source command line software from Microchip, compiled on macOS.

I use a PicKit-2 programmer because some users complained there were issues with the PicKit-3 programmer years ago (it was new at the time). This has probably been sorted out by now.

So it done entirely on the Mac side here.

Names are probably more catchy than number so I suppose it's for marketing reasons. Google does the same with Android.

Your fully Mac based toolchain is interesting. I tried to download the programming software from Microchip but it says that it's no longer available. Would you be willing to share your tool which produces Intel hex files?