[Coco] moving files on bootup

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:50:54 -0600, Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>  
wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:17:45AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>> You forgot the smiley.  Hope I didn't bore some of you with that story.
>
> Sorry.  My bad.  And I love your stories about CoCo2s and TV
> stations.  Fascinating.
>>
>> 8 serial ports?
>
> He didn't give us the crunchy techinical details, just that he had 8
> terminals hooked up to his CoCo.
>
>> Heck, I'd shoot the neighbors
>> cat for a RocketPort 8 for this linux box!
>
> You and me both.
>
Yes, 8 serial ports, using both the 6552 (the same serial chip that both  
the Eliminator and the TC-9 used- All the hardware bugs on the 6551 were  
gone, and each port could handle 2 ports up to 38400 baud), and a Comm-4  
6551 based (RS-232 pak compatible) 4 port board from Alpha Technologies.  
We had the 2 ports on the Eliminator itself, plus a custom board that Bill  
Nobel built with a 6552 (and I think one of our 6821 parallel ports too)  
for 2 more. We had all 4 slots filled in that thing; without the  
Eliminator (which had no-halt floppy & hard drive controller, real time  
clock, 1 parallel port and 2 serial ports, all on one card) we wouldn't  
have been able to do it all.

>> Is there room for two if I bring a towel? :)
>
> Of course!  I'd be honored!
>
> Willard

Shades of Allen Huffman and his predilection for Hitchikers Guide to the  
Galaxy...
:-)



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L. Curtis Boyle