Serial and Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL)

9 April 2022

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Windows Subsystem for Linux provides an abstraction layer to allow the execution of Linux distributions directly on Windows. WSL comes in two flavours: WSL1 is a set of interfacing libraries where WSL2 uses Hyper-V, and works alongside a VM. Unfortunately, the newer WSL2 does not support serial devices, which means... [Read More]
Tags: retro z80 serial
Categories: Code

Getting Markdown Out of the Psion

8 September 2021

The Psion 5MX makes a great little portable writing tool, but getting files off takes a little more effort. The word processor handles plain text and it’s own proprietary binary format. Plain text is fine, but I’d like to do something with the formatted content. [Read More]
Tags: writing blogging psion
Categories: Making Code
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