[Coco] Coco as unix terminal

[John R. Hogerhuis]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 12:24 +1100, David wrote:

> is it possible to use the Coco to connect to a unix box (ie FreeBSD, linux,
> etc) and use it as a remote terminal?
> 
> would this have to be done via serial connection, or is another connect
> method available?
> 

Serial is the easiest way. No ethernet for coco yet. You can even use
the built-in bitbanger port if you don't need really high speeds. But
for best results you should use a rs232 plug-in card.

> (anyone considered a way to send serial-style data over wireless? I'd love
> to 'amaze my friends' with this 8-bit coco that can magically access the
> internet using lynx etc from my linux box :P )
> 

There are serial->wireless adapters available: bluetooth, IrDA.
Depending on how much you want to spend you will either have to write a
lot or no code on the coco side.

There was also some talk of hooking a USB controller to Coco, but I
don't think there's any activity in that direction right now. (see
microusb.org for how they did it on the Atari). There are lots of USB ->
wireless solutions, which is why I bring it up.

-- John.