[Coco] Its Alive!

[Brett Gordon]

Idea:  RPi as a DW server and keyboard replacement.  I think the RPi has
enough GPIO pins.. too bad they're 3.3 volts rather than 5 vDC


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

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> Chris, here's some pics of the disto 1 meg and the layout of the fan and
> interface
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23059963/Pictures/Disto%201%20Meg/DSCN3999.JPG
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23059963/Pictures/Disto%201%20Meg/DSCN4001.JPG
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23059963/Pictures/Disto%201%20Meg/DSCN4018.JPG
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23059963/Pictures/Disto%201%20Meg/DSCN4025.JPG
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23059963/Pictures/Disto%201%20Meg/DSCN3998.JPG
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> The original 512k upgrade (hemphill) sits on top of an additional 512k
> board (disto) and the DAT board sits over the 6809 and is soldered to all
> pins of the 6809 (last pic)
> These were taken right before I went throug the whole thing and cleaned
> everything and reseated all socketed chips.
>
> Bill Pierce
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
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> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Smith <csmith at wolfram.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 8:10 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Its Alive!
>
>
> Ah, I've never seen a 1M upgrade, so... :)
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:46:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Its Alive!
> >
> >
> > Chris, yep, I know they're small. My Coco 3 has NO room above the MB,
> > as the dist 1 meg has all that space and it needs all the "air" it
> > can grab, the fan and keyboard interface take up half of what "was"
> > the area under the keyboard. The fan's 2" x 2" inches and the
> > interface about 4" x 2" inches So I have about half that space left
> > and I know there's plenty of room there for a PI.
> >
> > Bill Pierce
> > My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> > Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
> > http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
> > Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
> > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> > E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher Smith <csmith at wolfram.com>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 7:04 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Its Alive!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> > > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 9:53:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] Its Alive!
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed, we want pictures... :-)
> > > It would be nice to see how you have it set up.
> > > I do intend on going this route sometime in the future if I can get
> > > my hands on one.
> > > Since my Coco 3 has an eagle keyboard interface (external), I have
> > > lots of room where the keyboard used to be and that would be a
> > > perfect place to fit an RPI. I have a panel installed in the big
> > > keyboard hole and a fan already mounted inside (needed for the
> > > disto
> > > 1 meg). Once it's set up right, it could be run headless. Just have
> > > it boot linux on poweron, then autorun dw. The client side
> > > (NitrOS-9) software to control all aspects of dw is already in
> > > developement and close to finished and plans for the RSDOS
> > > equivalent is in planning. As Aaron always says, anything that can
> > > be done from the GUI, can be done from the Coco.
> >
> > You _really_ don't need that much room for the Pi.  I'd bet you could
> > install it
> > right inside a CoCo with no modifications at all.  Just hang it from
> > the lid or
> > something over the mainboard.  To give you some idea of the scale, I
> > have one at
> > work.  I've hacked up an old PC keyboard and installed the Pi inside
> > of it; it
> > has a reset button soldered onto the back, a power cord and a DVI
> > cable coming
> > out of it, and an extra USB hub installed inside with some externally
> > facing
> > ports and an 802.11 wireless adapter...
> >
> > These things don't need much room at all.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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Brett M. Gordon,
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