rpix86 has a logo!

April 14th, 2013, 22:59 Posted By: wraggster

via http://rpix86.patrickaalto.com/rblog.html

First off, rpix86 now has a logo image! Big thanks to UnfocusedBrain (http://unfocusedbrain.com/) for creating a cool image for rpix86! I immediately liked the idea when I saw the image he had created, as I think it nicely combines the Raspberry Pi theme with the x86 text. I now use small versions of that image as the favicon of these pages, and in the rpix86 executable when running under X Window graphical environment. I also used the image in the new Raspberry Pi Store BoxArt image.

I have not managed to get nearly as much work done on rpix86 this past week as I did during my vacation week. During workdays I don't have much time to work on my hobby projects. I did however acquire some new hardware which I can use when coding new features and testing them. I got a Roland MT-32 sound module from eBay, and an USB to RS-232 converter cable. I used to have a Roland LAPC-1 sound card back in 1991, but I swapped it for a Roland SCC-1 in 1992. Even though the new card was in some ways better, I have pretty much been regretting this switch ever since. I still have the SCC-1 card, but I don't have any PCs with ISA card slots so I can not use it any more. I thought it might now be time to re-acquire a MT-32, I can use it when testing the MIDI support in rpix86, and I also have some old MIDI compositions that were made for MT-32 and don't sound correct on any other MIDI device.
I got the USB to RS-232 device in order to code serial port emulation into rpix86. This is the most often requested missing feature, so I thought I would try to add that next. This is what I am currently working on. I found an old modem in my closet, and I am first trying to get communications between rpix86 and that modem working. I am using an old DOS communications program Telix to test the communications. I used that program back in the early 90's to call various BBS systems. Launching up Telix in rpix86 brought back a lot of memories from those old times. :-)
I am hoping to get the serial port support done by the next weekend, but it might take longer. In any case, thank you again for your interest in rpix86!

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