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'''Octoate (Tim Riemann) ''' bought his Schneider CPC in 1985 and joined the scene very late (ca. 1998). He is mostly working on hardware extensions and started the [[CPC-IDE ]] project, which was the predecessor of the [[SYMBiFACE II]], in autumn 2004 together with [[Dr.Zed]] (he developed the hardware) and [[Tolkin]] and [[TFM]]. Most of his soft- and hardware projects were only made for his own usage and never reached the public. == Articles ==* [http://www.octoate.de/wp/articles/german/laufwerksriemen-wechseln/ Changing the floppy disk drive belt (German)]* [http://www.octoate.de/wp/articles/connecting-a-bluetooth-module-to-the-cpc-booster/ Connecting a Bluetooth module to the CPC Booster+]* [http://www.octoate.de/wp/articles/connect-cpc-to-vga-display/ Connecting a CPC to a VGA display]* [http://www.octoate.de/wp/articles/german/entwickeln-mit-z88dk/ Development with Z88dk (German)]
== Hardware projects ==
* 4-color scanner for a printer (similar to the [[Dart Scanner for DMP-Printers|Dart Scanner]])
* 7-bit relais card
* [[CPC-IDE ]] Interface (financial supportand beside the one by [[Dr.Zed]] some different prototypes using 8255, CPLD and CPC Booster with Vinculum)
* Flash-ROM-Box (only one prototype, used the Atmel AT90F040 flash rom)
* Flash-ROM-Cartridge for the CPC Plus
* GMX Mouse to CPC Joystick port adapter
* 4-color scanner for a printer (similar to the [[Dart Scanner]])
* ROM-Box (small interface for only one ROM)
* VHDL implementation of the [[ACID]] protection chip (released [http://www.octoate.de/wp/2011/04/15/acid-verilog-code-release/ here])
== Software ==
* [[CPC Booster]] [[RS232]] driver for [[Z88DK]]
* Disc Image Copy (DIC - transfered whole disks over the printer port to a PC)
* Linux cross-development toolchain [http://github.com/Octoate/AmstradCPCToolchain]
* Plotter driver for the relais card (controlled a self-made plotter)
* Preconfigured [[SDCC]] project for the Code::Blocks IDE [http://www.norecess.net/preconfigured-sdcc-project-for-codeblocks-ide-by-octoate.html]
* [[SDCC]] [[ROM]] development template for Linux / Windows [http://github.com/Octoate/cpc-sdcc-rom]
== Weblinks ==