Recent content by JKCalhoun

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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Thanks, Steve! Out of curiosity I'm wondering if there is a smarter "code differ" since I can see the same sequence of bytes shown as different—they instead seem to be out of phase instead. (I'll look around to see if I can find one.) EDIT: HexFiend (on MacOS) seems to be a little less naive...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Not saying problem, Steve. It seems now it was inevitable—I just happened to get lucky. I will replace the unit. If the serial number of the new one looks like an odd duck, we'll talk about getting the shipping firmware off of it.
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Thanks. It occurred to me that I could return the unit to Amazon where I bought it and exchange it for another unit—and not molest that one. It seems like a rotten thing to do though… I tested your "D" test version and did not see a "color palette test". In fact it booted to a normal looking...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Thanks for uploading the European firmware, but it did not work. The screen was rotated 180 degrees and the colors clearly wrong (as though inverted or just the RGB values shifted or such). The buttons did not work either. From my experiments with the various A, B, and C versions yesterday, the...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi, all— Just picked up the Kodak REELS. I was able to digitize an old 8mm reel my daughter found at an estate sale—with the shipping firmware. Trying to install various firmware versions I have found in this thread have failed to work on my device. I also am unable to find a default firmware...