[Coco] drivewire suggestions

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Bob Devries wrote:


> [dons flame proof jacket]

>

> While I understand that the drivewire server was originally written 

> exclusively for the Coco, it seems to me that it could be made more 

> versatile if it were capable of handling disk images of various sector 

> sizes.

>

> This would make it usable with other computers, provided that 

> client-side drivers could be written for those computers.


I was thinking about what it would take to network an Apple IIe from DW. 
The common super-serial card can do 57.6 k baud for sure and perhaps 115. 
The IIGS should be capable of 230, since native localtalk transport 
operates at that speed.

Something tells me that the game port on a IIe can be bit-banged 
considerably faster, but it's been a while.

I think the sector size issue can be worked around with deblocking code in 
the clientside driver.

Steve




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