[Color Computer] [Coco] Why USB would be nice.

[James Diffendaffer]

Lets summarize...

Buy Cloud-9's this that and the other instead of USB.
SuperIDE = $95
Keyboard interface = $50
At $150 you can't attach a floppy drive, a printer, a mouse, SD, xD,
Memory Stick...

A USB interface should allow you to attach a floppy drive, RS232,
parallel, mice, SD, xD, CompactFlash, MicroDrive, Memory Stick, USB
flash drives, printers, sound interfaces, network interface, graphics
tablets, joysticks... and it should be easilly sellable for under $75.  

Buying a bunch of interfaces that hook up one device at a time will
get expensive and you need a new interface anytime you want to attach
something new.

New USB stuff is arriving all the time and it only requires ONE
interface.  Many of the devices use ONE standard driver for ALL of
them.  If a new memory device comes out the same driver *should* work
if the manufacturer followed existing standards.  Instead of new
hardware interfaces for every new device that comes along, just add a
driver.  Once a few drivers have been written you have code to base
new drivers on and it gets easier to support new devices.  

I'm not saying you shouldn't buy any of Cloud-9's stuff.  Their stuff
is here now and it works.  But if you want to look forward to new
faster CoCos you need to embrace something besides the old CoCo buss
and USB is an obvious choice.





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