23 Feb
2011
23 Feb
'11
10:37 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 23 Feb 2011 at 7:25, Steven Hirsch wrote:
I was unable to figure how to even initialize the card. Took a bit
headscratching before I realized that it required a firmware load! Unless
I just plain missed it, this little fact is simply not mentioned in the
header file that passes as documentation. There some other basic issues
that fell into "..well, you're just supposed to know that" category.
Can't recall the details now, but I never tried again.
Oh, one missing item: Theory of operation. That's a rather major
"supposed to know".
And, since there's clearly no further
development for the "official"
CW software, it's hightly annoying that he has not offered source code
to permit others to pick up the baton.
The technical documentation for the CW is a real mess and even after
about 5 read-throughs is just short of incomprehensible.
That's strange--I've been with the CW since the first ISA model and
found the card very easy to write for--much easier than, say,
graphics hardware. My current version is a CW3--there wasn't
anything that the CW4 would do that I can do with CW3, so I didn't
bother. There are several examples of open-source code that
demonstrate how
the CW works.
Perhaps worth doing, but I've got such a bad taste in my mouth from CW
that I think I'll focus my efforts on Philip Pemberton's device.
Steve
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