4 Jun
2012
4 Jun
'12
3:23 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually, it does use the bit-banger serial port and it does communicate
at 115.2kps quite reliably. The author of the drivewire server tells me
that with a small hardware mod they're able to do 230kbps.
Steve
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http://www.cloud9tech.com/ (no affiliation, other than as a highly
satisfied customer) does market DriveWire for the CoCo3 running
NitrOS-9. I have not (yet) used it, but they claim 115,200 bps on a
CoCo3. There is a corresponding server that runs on the (Windows/Mac
What hardware does it use at the CoCo end? It can't use the bit-banged
serial port (obviously), and none of the traditional RS232 modules would
go at that speed. Is there some special serial board for the CoCo (using
a PC-like serial chip, perhaps).