IDE Boards are available.
Suites in Elgin.
secured.
Post by Bill GunshannonPost by Stephen H. FischerHi,
Post by Bill GunshannonPost by Stephen H. FischerHi,
Want to buy one (or TWO)? I have them on the shelf.
Depending on the price, yes.
That was a joke, while I do have two in the original box, I think that it is
best that all my electronics be recycled after I am recycled.
As is your right. I was just looking to see if someone had some
floating around. I have been pointed in a good direction and will
continue to pursue this as time allows.
Post by Stephen H. FischerIf you have a specific need and are willing to join us on maltedmedia and
present a convincing argument that cannot be solved by another path, then I
will reconsider.
I am not intrerested in trying to convert anyone to my beliefs. I also
have limited time for most of these projects (which is why I said all my
stuff, which includes a lot more than just COCO's is all packed up at
the moment). It was just that I saw a project for hooking up an IDE disk
to another computer with a minimum of hardware and thought it might work
equally well for the COCO. And being as I have some COCO's......
Post by Stephen H. FischerPost by Bill GunshannonPost by Stephen H. FischerThey were produced years ago. Glenside (Chicago) computer club, hosts
of
the
annual "Last CoCo Fest" coming up soon.
You are out of touch with the CoCo today.
Pretty much. Most of my classic computers are packed away at the moment.
Lots of people on the "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" have done
this also. Now there are people trying to buy what they sold decades ago.
I used to be on a COCO List but I am pretty sure it died long ago. It
was run out of Purdue or Rutgers. I don't sell, I collect and sometimes
I even buy. Mostly I miss those days of working with computers that
were actually fun. Retirement looms closer every day and then, my time
will be mine!!!
Post by Stephen H. FischerPost by Bill GunshannonPost by Stephen H. FischerWe now use PC's for our floppy and hard drive storage.
It's called "DriveWire". One cable from the CoCo's serial port. The latest
even has Epson printer support.
I have given thought to that. But it seems it would be rather slow.
If you are thinking about software written in 1985, then you would be right.
Wasn't thinking software, just the data channel. Although I would imagine
it could easily be as fast if not faster than the old ST506's we started
with.
Post by Stephen H. FischerThis software has been written in the last few years and currently in Java
by some very good programmers.
"Super fast 115,200 bps on a CoCo 3, 57,600 bps on a CoCo 2, 38,400 bps on a
CoCo 1."
Want to try it out? As you spoke of designing a board a cable should be very
easy. That's all you need to build.
I think I may have a cable ready to go built two decades at least ago. I
downloaded all the software and when I get the time I will try it.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~mmarlette/Cloud-9/Software/DriveWire3.html
I will definitely take a look. Could meet my needs on a number of small
systems I still mess about with that never had easily available hard drives.
Looks like time to visit Cloud-9 again. The last time I was there just
about everything I was interested with was out of production. Glad to
see they are still around. I always thought they were a great outfit.
Post by Stephen H. FischerPost by Bill GunshannonPost by Stephen H. Fischer"prototyping boards", I think someone said there were some on EBay just
recently.
Sorry, I don't do eBay.
A listing on eBay was just noted on the list for a "TRS-80 Color Computer &
Dragon 32K Blank Cartridge" as I was typing this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-Color-Computer-Dragon-32K-Blank-Cartridge_W0QQitemZ220568843153QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335aed7391
Thanks for the info. Now, you'll be sure and let me know if you
see some free time come up on eBay as that seems to be what I need
the most. :-)
bill
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