[Coco] [Color Computer] Help for a CoCoNut

[operator at coco3.com]

> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Mike Craig <mdcmike at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Actually, here is the similar product I had in mind when I posted that:
>> http://www.atarimax.com/colecosd/documentation/index.html
>>
>> And I did pay $130 for it. :-)
>>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I've seen this before, it's a cool device. I don't own one, and I can't
> say
> it is or isn't in the same league as the DrivePak.
>
> What I can say about the DrivePak is, while it may not be the fastest CoCo
> storage device out there, I feel it's the most flexible. Unless you are
> connecting to a PC via the bitbanger, all of the CoCoNet devices use a
> 6551
> to transfer data between the CoCo and any connected device, whether it is
> the uDrive module on the DrivePak, a bluetooth module in the
> Wireless/Serial
> Paks or a USB module in a Serial Pak, or a cable to a PC COM port. The
> 6551
> is not a blazingly fast device, but it does it's job well in these
> capacities.
>
> Where a CoCoNet product shines at is in it's flexibility - With just a
> DrivePak plugged into a multipak, you have access to the 2GB sdcard on in
> that pak, and all of it's vdisks; you have access to a CoCoNet server
> running on the PC via the bitbanger, and any number of vdisk images there;
> you also have access to any real physical floppy disk hardware you might
> own. If your PC is connected to the internet, you can mount dsk images on
> the internet as well. I think the only way it could be more flexible is if
> it had the ability to access hard drive systems.


That's on the to-do list.  I already added a RAM drive in CoCoNet 2.0 but
it works only for the CoCo 3 right now.  I'm going to make it give a
smaller drive for the 64k CoCo 1 or 2.


For those confused about what CoCoNet is: just draw a CoCo in the middle
of a sheet of paper.  Now extend some lines out from the circle and at the
end of each line add devices such as a RAM drive, floppy drive, Drive Pak,
serial pak, web drive, bitbanger drive, etc. and then you'll know what
CoCoNet is.   All in one smart ROM chip.  Same code for all CoCos.