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SiriusHardware · 9th Feb 2021, 5:55 pm

You may or may not know that you can get the identical Arduino IDE software for Linux, if you want to keep it all in one environment - but - I think HxD is a Windows only program so you'd need to locate an equivalent utility for Linux (very likely to exist).

If you want to go large there are libraries - add ons - for the Arduino environment which can

-Add the ability to write files to / read files from a FAT32 formatted SD card. Obviously you have to connect the card to the Arduino somehow.

-Add the ability to do a ZMODEM or YMODEM file transfer to any PC terminal program which supports those protocols, such as Hyperterminal.

The last one would use the existing USB serial connection to send the file to the PC. I have not used that library though, so I couldn't be much of a guide.

9th Feb 2021, 5:55 pm	#565
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,560	Re: Non-working Commodore PET 3016 You may or may not know that you can get the identical Arduino IDE software for Linux, if you want to keep it all in one environment - but - I think HxD is a Windows only program so you'd need to locate an equivalent utility for Linux (very likely to exist). If you want to go large there are libraries - add ons - for the Arduino environment which can -Add the ability to write files to / read files from a FAT32 formatted SD card. Obviously you have to connect the card to the Arduino somehow. -Add the ability to do a ZMODEM or YMODEM file transfer to any PC terminal program which supports those protocols, such as Hyperterminal. The last one would use the existing USB serial connection to send the file to the PC. I have not used that library though, so I couldn't be much of a guide.