[Coco] further adventures with plug'n'power/x10

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/22/10, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>> The x10 outlets I ordered finally showed up, so I tried some things
>> with the CoCo today.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> I assembled the OS9 tool (which is what I'd prefer to use in the end)
>> and it appears to run fine under nitros9.  It behaves much like the
>> DECB program, except that the data light turns back off after the
>> command is sent.  So it's off, I send a command and it flashes a bit,
>> and then its back off.  This seems likely to be what should be
>> happening, but I'm just guessing.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> The test coco is a coco 3 with a 6309 running nitros9 l2 (or just DECB).
>> ...
>
> ----
>
> One thing to consider when using the OS9 tool is that any timing
> critical code may be a problem when running the 6309 in native mode
> under nitros9.  Also, does the tool support OS9 Level 2  (i.e. will it
> function at 2Mhz)?
>

Good points.  I will dig out the 6809 coco 3 and see if that makes any
difference.  Does L1 run at half speed even if on a CoCo 3?  I'll give
that a shot as well.

> Darren
>
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