[Coco] CoCo Wireless RS-232 Pak

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 26 February 2009, Darren A wrote:
>On 2/25/09, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Wednesday 25 February 2009, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>>> >Two DECB, OS-9, or NitrOS-9 CoCo's should be able to talk to each
>>>> >other using the pak's EasyConnect mode which is initiated by both
>>>> >CoCos using a certain command sequence.  A cable-replacement mode is
>>>> >started and the rest is just an invisible null-modem serial cable as
>>>> >far as the CoCo is concerned.
>>>>
>>>>That doesn't seem to address using a BT mouse with the coco though?
>>>
>>>I'm not sure if the pak can use a BT mouse or not.  There's too many
>>>gadgets out there that one would have to test on their own.
>>
>> All my blathering about is trying to figure out how, if the bt was
>> receiving data both from a bt mouse, a bt keyboard, and a bt<-> usb dongle
>> with a copy of minicom running on it from this box. How can the coco keep
>> the bytes in their proper playpens.  Or will the bt mouse & keyboard just
>> be so much interference to the comm link its intended to be?
>
>--
>
>The firmware in the BT module of Roger's wireless pak implements the
>Serial Port Profile (SPP) for bluetooth.  This profile provides a
>simple RS-232 cable replacement mechanism.  BT mice and keyboards are
>not serial port devices. They use the Human Interface Device (HID)
>profile which is not supported by the firmware.
>
>Darren
>
Well, that explains that.  Tain't gonna work, nohow, noway.

Now I think Roger said it could be addressed anyplace, so I'll look around and 
see if I can find another free 4 byte wide block in my I/O map.

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