[Coco] Plugging more stuff in to the RS-232 Pak

[Bill Pierce]

Kelly, there was an article in one of the Rainbows on building a simple IR device for the Coco. As I recall, there wasn't much to the circuit and it either plugged into the cart port or one of the rear ports (serial, joy, cass).
You would probably have to either modify the RS232 pak or make a daughter board to do it that way when there's a much simpler way.
I want to say it was in one of the issues before the Coco 3 came out (pre Aug 86), but I'm not positive on this.

 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
To: Coco <Coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Dec 25, 2015 9:07 am
Subject: [Coco] Plugging more stuff in to the RS-232 Pak

Is it possible to power an IR LED via the RS-232 pak and successfully send a set pattern of signals to an IR-controlled device?In other words, can I use my RS-232 pak to turn my CoCo in to a TV Remote? I have no idea at what "baud rate" those signals are sent out. Can the CoCo match the speed? I'm guessing yes.Certainly someone has tried this already, if it isn't just out and out stupid. It sounds pretty simple. A resistor or two and an IR LED?  I have a bazillion remotes around here I can pull an IR LED from. Am I going to blow up my CoCo! Hehe.-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco