23 Feb
2011
23 Feb
'11
4:25 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Brian Lanning wrote:
Jens Schoenfeld is a great guy. He's been making
upgrades for the amiga
for a while. I've used a couple of them. His hardware has been very
high quality. My only complaint has been the software for the
catweasel. But he's not really a software guy so I guess that's no
surprise.
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. It's one of those
documents that probably works great for the CW developer when they need a
refresh on ports / bit settings, but fails to provide enough context for
someone not intimate with device already. My hat is off to any third
parties able to figure out how to write software against the API.
I'd rather put my hard-earned $$$ behind Philip Pemberton's DiscFerret.
In fact I HAVE done so. Staring at one right now. Knowning Philip's
penchant for throroughness, I have no doubt that the documentation quality
will be good and the API understandable and usable.
Steve
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