[coco]converter update

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 27 October 2005 13:43, RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:

>Fellow cocoists,

>

>

>    I nearly have the converter ready for  production.

>Today I successfully programmed the Attiny12 micro

>controller to setup the converter to display on reset.

>There is one question.  You also have to press

>the reset button on the converter after first

>applying power to get the display to come up.   I could  alter

>the pc board to allow display on start up without pressing the

>reset button but then the coco3 could not initialize the converter

>on start up in the blind if that was necessary.   I could go  to

>the trouble of adding a switch to chose between the two options but  is

>it necessary to do so?

>Does anybody have any objections to having to push the reset

>on power up?


I don't, and I'm definitely interested in this Roy.  Are you in a
position to quote a price yet?


>    The only thing I have left to do is program the  micro controller

>with the ability to power down the monitor.   After that it will  be

>ready.   I have been at this for about a week now learning  the

>software and hardware of the Attiny12 programming kit and I

>have to "decompress" for awhile.  Maybe do some household

>chores like take out the garbage, wash the dishes , pay the bills,

>take a bath....I get like this when the learning curve gets a little

>steep :)

>

>Roy


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