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

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce via Coco"
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Plugging more stuff in to the RS-232 Pak


> 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.
>
>
> Bill Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to 
> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>


Thanks Bill.  I'll check in to that.

I have an X10 device plugged in to my RS-232 pak currently and it functions 
as a pass-through port. It wouldn't take much effort to just plug right in 
to it. I'll check for those Rainbows.

Merry Christmas.