[Coco] Sneak peek

[Roger Taylor]

At 10:42 AM 2/15/2009, you wrote:

>On 2/15/09, Ryan Pritchard wrote:

> > For myself, I would need to use a Y-cable for a FDC (26-3029) with

> > your Bluetooth version of the pak to allow use of real floppy drive.

> > Since I don't have an MPI or equivalent.

> >

> > Hasn't the patent expired on the MPI design so someone can replicate

> > that thing and put it into production again?

> >

> > Regards,

> > Ryan Pritchard

>

>---

>

>A Y-cable will likely work if you remove the ROM from the Disk

>Controller, due the CTS* signal being used by both devices for ROM

>selection.  Since the CoCoNet EPROM is a modified version of Disk

>Basic, you don't need the controller's ROM.

>

>One item of concern may be the amount of power needed by both the FDC

>and the bluetooth pak being drawn from the CoCo.

>

>Darren


I used to have some pretty heavy stuff running off of a Tri-cable 
that I built myself.  By the way, that's what we used to call a "poor 
man's Multi-Pak Interface".  With the Y cable I'd just try out a 
Speech/Sound Pak or some other heavy large cartridge having a good 
number of chips in it before assuming anything.

If he has a Tandy Deluxe RS-232 Pak with the ROM disabled, he should 
try that as well.

-- 
Roger Taylor

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