[Coco] I'm grilling in January in shorts and no shirt.....

[Roger Taylor]

At 04:48 PM 1/8/2008, you wrote:
>Not that it's a pretty sight....
>
>It is theoretically supposed to be winter in this hemisphere, even 
>in Virginia, however experimental evidence seems to indicate otherwise...
>
>I was wondering if anyone had ever worked with pulse encoders -- 
>like the kind pulse telephones use.  I'm working on finding new and 
>unique ways to connect a coco to a model railroad...
>
>                   - Aaron



I also grilled a few things yesterday in shorts and a t-shirt (I'm on 
vacation this week) then today a cold front blasted in here within a 
few hours.  Dern it.  Winter again.

A long time ago I remember dialing phone numbers using pulses from my 
old 16k CoCo 2.  I can't remember what output signals I used but I'm 
sure it wasn't safe for the CoCo.  Ofcourse, you can dial phone 
numbers from any OLD phone that has a manual hook.  Lift it and lower 
it back real quick for a pulse.  A 0 is 10 pulses, though.  Just like 
morse code, you just need to put an extra delay in between the pulse sequences.