v0.26

Release Notes:

• Support new Greaseweazle model: F7 v3 "Thunderbolt"
• EDSK: Support for writing many protected EDSK files
• Windows 7: Disable jumperless firmware update as it hangs
• Default head-step delay is doubled to 10ms

v0.25

Release Notes:

• EDSK: Support for writing unprotected EDSK files
• SCP: Allow disktype header byte to be specified (eg a.scp::disktype=amiga)
• SCP: Fix import of non-index-cued SCP imnage files
• AmigaDOS: Mark bad sectors with explicit pattern "-=[BAD SECTOR]=-"
• read/write: Add a --retries parameter used if analyse/verify stage fails
• clean: New command to clean a drive using a cleaning disk
• gw: New global option --time to print elapsed time taken by an operation
• gw: Improve reliability of USB connection reset when starting an operation
• flippy: Improve reliability for Panasonic modded drives (find true trk0)
• Linux/Mac: setup.sh better error reporting when run from wrong folder

v0.24

Release Notes:

• Index-cue generated Kryoflux and SCP image files
  • Most external tools and emulators fail with non-cued streams
• gw write: New precomp command-line option (see the wiki)
• gw: Backward compatibility with older firmware (only back to v0.23)
• Safer bootloader update (CRC check before erasing existing bootloader)

v0.23

Release Notes:

• Support new Greaseweazle model: F7 Slim
• Read/write/verify 1.44M IMG image files
• Read/write Kryoflux stream files
• Optimisations:
  • Rewrite read/verify conversion routines in C
  • Fast Amiga track reads (now read an Amiga disk in approx 45 seconds)
• Shrink the Windows distribution zip file
• GW: New track-selection syntax (--track=). See the wiki.

v0.22

Release Notes:

• Support read and write of Amiga ADF image files
• Increase /STEP pulse width to 15us (fix 5.25" drive seek for Arno Olaf)
• Flippy drives: support gw seek down to track -8
• Revised USB protocol

v0.21

Release Notes:

• Support new Greaseweazle model: F7 Lightning Plus
• Fixes for older drives
  • 50us index mask, avoid double triggering on the index signal
  • Increase default head-step delay to 5ms
• Windows: Install the CAPS/SPS IPF library automatically
• New command gw seek to seek to specified drive cylinder
• New syntax for specifying Greaseweazle device name on command line
  • eg gw read --device COM3 a.scp

v0.20

Release Notes:

• gw write: New options --erase-empty and --double-step
• gw update: Fix COM redetect on Windows running Bitdefender
• Support version 2 of Ant Goffart's F7 Plus
• SCP: support legacy single-sided SCP images
  • Automatic import; Export via ::legacy_ss suffix
    • eg. gw read --single-sided my.scp::legacy_ss
• SCP: Support SCP image files generated by FluxEngine

v0.19

Release Notes:

• F7 v2: Support for the new board design
• gw update: Signature and CRC validation checks
• gw read: Fix end-track field in single-sided SCP images

v0.18

Release Notes:

• gw read: New parameters --rate and --rpm
  • rate: Bitcell data rate in kbit/s (eg 250=DD 500=HD)
    • Used only for HFE images right now, where default is DD (250)
  • rpm: Normalise track timings to the given RPM value
    • This occurs before any other conversion or analysis
• gw info: New command to display information about the Greaseweazle setup
• gw bandwidth: Improved stats output
• SCP: Fix single-sided image handling according to latest SCP spec.
  • Operates correctly with latest beta version of HxC software
• F7: Support new board designs
  • AmberTronic F7 Plus: Kryoflux form factor, output buffers, 12v supply
  • F7 Lightning: High Speed USB, output buffers

v0.17

Release Notes:

• Windows: New self-contained executable distribution
  • No need to install Python, or module dependencies
• Mac, Linux: Main script is directly executable
  • No need to manually invoke the Python interpreter
• GW host tool: Help-text description for each available action