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

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Plugging more stuff in to the RS-232 Pak


> ----- 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.
>
>
> -- 

One of Forrest Mim's "Circuit Scrapbook" books has an infared joystick 
project for the CoCo. Wireless joysticks would definitely be cool.