--- intelhex-orig.py	Thu Apr 26 18:53:46 2007
+++ intelhex.py	Thu Apr 26 18:53:46 2007
@@ -185,9 +185,28 @@
 
         @param  fobj        file name or file-like object
         @param  offset      starting address offset
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
+        """
+        
+        if not hasattr(fobj, "read"):
+            fobj = file(fobj, "rb")
+            fclose = fobj.close
+        else:
+            fclose = None
+        
+        try:
+          bin = fobj.read()
+          
+          self._offset = offset
+          addr = offset
+          
+          for b in bin:
+            self._buf[addr] = b
+            addr+=1
+          
+        finally:
+          if fclose:
+            fclose()
+        
     def loadfile(self, fobj, format):
         """Load data file into internal buffer.