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Propeller tool 1.3 wine error "Read failure on COM1"

KidEKidE Posts: 29
edited 2012-04-02 04:31 in Propeller 1
Gents,

I'm trying to get the Propeller tool 1.3 working under wine but when i want to compile and load to RAM/EEPROM i get the message "Read failure on COM1"

Identifying The hardware via F7 is successful but when it starts verifying RAM it ends with an error.

Does anybody have some very smart ideas about this?

Comments

  • Peter JakackiPeter Jakacki Posts: 10,193
    edited 2012-04-02 01:25
    I take it that you have experience with Wine but I would never attempt to use it for software that is fussy about port timing. I and many others use BST instead of the Prop tool as it runs directly on PC, Mac, and Linux without the need for Wine (although I am partial to a little red). Alternatively I also use VirtualBox with a WINXP image where I run any touchy Windows software.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-04-02 02:08
    I agree. Forget the Prop Tool. Use BST. It is solid on Linux and has some nice extra features like removing unused methods, conditional compilation and some optimizations.

    Or if you can work on the command line use the new opensource Spin compiler from Parallax. Not sure if there is an IDE for it yet.
    There is always the HomeSpun Spin compiler that is written in C# and runs fine under Mono on Linux.
  • KidEKidE Posts: 29
    edited 2012-04-02 04:31
    Ohh yes... this works like a charm ;-) totally missed that one. Thanks.

    Problem solved topic closed.
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