[Coco] plug'n'power controller manual?

[Little John]

Roger, I also have both types. The older gray one I won on eBay, and is one 
which I never knew existed when I was involved with the CoCo back in the 
80's. It came with a cassette tape - One side was for the Model I/III - the 
other side for the CoCo - it looks entirely different than the more known 
CoCo+Cartridge version. Now, I have since passed all of my Vintage equipment 
to my Son, but as he isn't currently at home, I've been fooling around with 
some of this stuff again. Bitten by the bug I suppose. However, when he 
returns, I will ask him if perhaps he remembers where he has stashed this 
unit such that I may create a "wav" file from the cassette and scan the 
manual.

Both types of these use the then ''standard'' X10 modules - the ones that 
used the home wiring for communication with each other. Back in the late 
90's, these modules were still available from X10.com, but I doubt the 
current X10 stuff would work with the old house-wiring control system. 
Interestingly, there also used to be a radio module that could be controlled 
via the house wiring to allow radio control of compatible radio devices. 
It's been 2.5 decades since I used any of this, so some of this may (and 
probably is) be in error.
Big John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] plug'n'power controller manual?


>A few years ago I grabbed two kinds of Plug n Power controllers on ebay, 
>for a rainy day.  One has switches on the front while the other is a much 
>nicer gray box with no switches except for the power switch, and I assume 
>is more software controlled than the other.  I haven't had any luck 
>locating any outlet modules for either device nor do I know if the same 
>module will work with either controller.
>
> I have the manual for the 26-1182 (the gray one) and I see some code 
> listings towards the end.  They appear to be hybrid BASIC/ML listings but 
> I'm not sure if they are the same programs as the controller software 
> supplied on tape or disk.  I'd find the ML software and disassemble it and 
> go from there.
>
>
> At 07:36 PM 9/10/2010, you wrote:
>>If you had time to scan a few pages I'd really appreciate it.  I'm
>>actually not worried about the rompak or included software at all, I'm
>>looking for the details of the cassette interface if they are
>>documented in the manual.  Thinking about writing an OS9 driver of
>>some sort for it.
>>
>>On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Little John <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:
>> > I've got one somewhere if I can just find it to scan it. Unfortunatly, 
>> > the
>> > cartridge for the Plug-N-Power uses a semigraphics mode not
>> supported by the
>> > CoCo 3 hardware. There was a 3rd party program for the CoCo 3 but it's 
>> > been
>> > maybe 15 years since I had a copy of it...
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
>> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:28 PM
>> > Subject: [Coco] plug'n'power controller manual?
>> >
>> >
>> >> I've searched the usual labyrinths but can't seem to find a scan of
>> >> the manual for this guy.  Anybody know where one is?
>> >>
>> >> -Aaron
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