[Coco] Drivewire

[Bill Pierce]

Steve, you can use a "DB9 to USB" adapter with the Coco drivewire cable (Coco serial to DB-9) to connect to the PC USB port. A lot of us use it this way (I do)... and from what I understand, it's trivial to then use the USb serial Wi-Fi adapters once you have the data in USB format.... wireless DriveWire :-)
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 26, 2014 4:38 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire


Just curious.  My Windows laptop that I used to run Drivewire 3 has broken. 
I just purchased a refurbished HP Chromebook 14 from Woot that uses the 
Chrome OS.  Can I get Drivewire to work with this Chromebook without having 
to add Linux to the OS?  Anyone have any thoughts along this path?  I plan 
to repair my old Toshiba Windows laptop so Drivewire is available again, but 
thought that maybe the Chromebook might work.  How about the cable 
connections?  I think the Chromebook (still being delivered) has USB 2.0 and 
3.0 ports, HDMI, Wi-Fi and is the 4G model so can use T-Mobile 4G phone 
service for data transfer.  It also has a multicard SD slot.  It's been 
awhile, but I think I needed a serial port dongle connected to my Toshiba 
for the Drivewire cable.

Has Drivewire every been converted to use a Coco serial to PC USB port, or 
is that not even feasible?

Thanks!

--- Steve ---


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