[Coco] CoCoNet status

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 10 February 2009, Roger Taylor wrote:
>At 11:37 AM 2/10/2009, you wrote:
>>On Tuesday 10 February 2009, Shain Klammer wrote:
>> >I would tend to agree - I even appreciate the older definition of
>> > "hacker"
>> >
>> >:)
>> >
>> >I applaud the implementation of 'self-updating' - just curious, are you
>> >doing this by running the 'update' code from the PC "server", loading
>> > into Coco RAM space (and then running it) or onto some battery backed
>> > RAM on your cart?
>> >
>> >Ewww, 'virtual memory' - how about 'virtual devices'?  A prime example
>> > would be the redirection of the bit-banger for printer routines?  This
>> > could be problematic for apps outside of Disk BASIC's LPRINT, LLIST
>> > (unless Roger's cart traps/re-directs all Coco bit-banger I/O and have
>> > its' own on the cart?!?!); but, the PC "server" could translate DMP-105
>> > and/or Epson EX/LX/MX escape sequences.  This might be useful even if it
>> > only handled straight text.
>>
>>I am doing exactly that with this linux box Tom.
>>
>> >From the bitbanger -> serial->usb adapter, usb repeater cable
>>
>> plugged into a
>>hub here, a script watching /dev/ttyUSBwhatever it is, when the data quits
>>coming in, wait a couple seconds, and feed it back out through the printer
>>profile of choice using lpd.  This allows me to scale the coco's output
>> down slightly in size to make the coco's idea of a page fit nicely on the
>> printer with enforced borders as most ink squirters are.
>>
>>I even posted some bash scripts here that could probably do that for anyone
>>with bash & the usual ghostscript and friends (cups) installed.  So in my
>>case, getting one of Rogers kits would probably destroy my ability to print
>>from the coco.  But I'm still curious.
>>
>> >Looking forward to owning one of these...
>>
>>Me too.
>>
>>--
>>Cheers, Gene
>
>Gene, I'll work on printing support this week.

Great!  All we need is a port to spit it out of, and my scripts on this box 
can handle the rest.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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