[Coco] Drivewire vs Coconet Can anyone tell me a reason to use one over the other?

[Little John]

Dabone,
Use a 27C256.
Stack drivewire twice making it 16K. Burn this into the lower part of the 
27C256.
Burn CoCoNet into the upper 16K Space.
Then you can actually attach a jumper directly to the upper address line of 
the 27C256 allowing it to be jumpered to GND or VCC - this will switch 
between the two 16K "Banks" and choosing either DW or CN.

I'll not debate which is better. That always seems to get an argument 
started - I like them both and each has it's place. Aaron's implementation 
of DriveWire 4 allows emulation of Virtual Dot Matrix printers which is a 
cool feature. Still, I use them both :)

If you need any help in "bulding" a bankable eprom from a 27C256, give me a 
yell - I can help you get one going. Come to think of it, it would probably 
work really well in the Blank Cartridge boards that my son made and sells. 
Or if you have an FDC with a 28-pin socket, even better. If your FDC has a 
24-pin socket, get in touch with Mark Marlette and get one of his 24 to 28 
pin socket adapters - they're great pieces of hardware.
Big John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Ormond" <markormond at mtxsystems.com>
To: <Coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:15 PM
Subject: [Coco] Drivewire vs Coconet Can anyone tell me a reason to use one 
over the other?


> I'm configuring up a Coco 2 and a coco 3 for use with a pc and wanted to 
> know which would be a better fit, Drivewire or Coconet?
>
> Are the main differences that ability to change disk images from the coco 
> itself? Or using the bitbanger port which will be less trouble to use?
>
> Also, regarding drivewire, if the 8k rom is programmed into a 16k space 
> what will that do to the computer? I'm looking at doing the piggyback rom 
> install on the 27128 and maybe swapping between the 2 but coconet is 16k 
> while drivewire is 8k.
>
> Thanks,
> Later,
> Dabone
>
>
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