I've got a tool which speaks the PBL protocol and will let you read and write the flash: http://cowlark.com/amstrad/
It's also got details of the serial pinout. On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 19:07 Nick Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as I know when you connect this to serial you don’t get a console, > like if you connect TheC64 Mini to Putty using a CPC 2102 USB to TTL serial > convertor, you can log on with your root user and password so you can add > files, change games and edit files and that ,TheC64 Mini uses Uboot to boot > up with not PBL so it must be the PBL that's stopping the console coming up > so if we could hack the PBL (Primary Boot Loader) and keep the firmware on > the NAND so its still boots up with Amstrad E3 logo and that, we need to > see the system files and see what can be changed. PBL is on the NOR Flash > and the Kernel and System is on the NAND Flash. I don’t know anything about > PBL so we need someone who does.it all most works the same as TheC64 > Mini,(Its a small Commodore 64, Mini Console, its here.. > https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/THEC64Mini) The mini has 2 partitions, One > for Uboot and other for the Kernel and System. but only has one chip, NAND > Flash, its made by Toshiba too.. 😊. Amstrad E3 has 2 chips NOR and NAND > Flash. and is using a different Boot loader. > > Oh.. Can I use my CPC 2102 USB to TTL serial converter to connect to the > serial on the E3..? this is a pic of it here.. > *https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB11eb9PFXXXXcLaXXXq6xXFXXXd/CP2102-USB-2-0-to-TTL-UART.jpg_350x350.jpg* > <https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB11eb9PFXXXXcLaXXXq6xXFXXXd/CP2102-USB-2-0-to-TTL-UART.jpg_350x350.jpg> > I > have used it on my TheC64 Mini and my Gotek Drive. > > Spanner.. > _______________________________________________ > e3-hacking mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.earth.li/mailman/listinfo/e3-hacking >
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