[Coco] Boisy Pitre's arduinococo project

[Christopher Smith]

Yes, that seemed like the right place to go to understand what was going on with this thing and how it might be used.  So it requires an external board with a PIA on it?  I expected it to be serial using one of the uarts in the ATMega chip, so that's an interesting development.  Why that instead of a TTL level converter and the regular drivewire hookup?  I'll send you a message.  Thanks. :)

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boisy Pitre" <boisy at tee-boy.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 6:02:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Boisy Pitre's arduinococo project
> 
> After sending this, I realized you probably want the server source
> code for the 2560. Send me a private email and I'll dig it up and
> send it to you.
> 
> Best regards.
> -----------------
> Boisy G. Pitre | Founder
> Phone 337.781.3570
> 
> 
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Boisy Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Chris,
> > 
> > All of the code is indeed available. In the ToolShed project there
> > are HDB-DOS ROMs and BIN/WAV files for the ArduinoCoCo. And in the
> > NitrOS-9 Project there is a dwio module that works with it.
> > 
> > I did the project as a proof of concept, one-off fun project, but
> > you're welcome to copy it and use it. The only thing is that the
> > CoCoPort board that plugs into the CoCo and interfaces with the
> > 2560 is not sold anymore, and is based on somewhat older tech
> > (6821 PIA). With resources and know-how you could spin a board
> > with decode and handshaking logic in a CPLD to talk to the 2560 or
> > any other AVR of your choosing.
> > 
> > Best regards.
> > -----------------
> > Boisy G. Pitre | Founder
> > Phone 337.781.3570
> > 
> > 
> > On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Christopher Smith <csmith at wolfram.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> So, I just ran across this, and it looks quite interesting to me.
> >>  http://arduinococo.blogspot.com/  Does anyone know whether Boisy
> >> has made code available for this thing?  Also, does anyone know
> >> what the requirements are to run the Drivewire sketch?  I do have
> >> a Mega 2560 clone, but I wonder whether it's an overkill.
> >> 
> >> Chris
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Christopher Smith
> >> Systems Engineer, Wolfram Research
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Coco mailing list
> >> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Coco mailing list
> > Coco at maltedmedia.com
> > http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> 
> 
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
> 

-- 
Christopher Smith
Systems Engineer, Wolfram Research