[Coco] Wiring inputs to the Coco : Followup

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 20:42:09 EST 2015


Bruce, I sent you a PM about that.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 23/01/2015 11:00 AM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
> I got the book (Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface by Bruce
> Chubb) today and was disappointed.  It is a Second Edition and was
> rewritten for Pentium era computers with no mention that I see so far
> for 8 bit machines.
> So, one needs to get the original Edition, and probably update the
> designs themselves.
> Bruce W.
> =================
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce W. Calkins"
>
>> There was a serial to parallel interface in the mix, but I'll have to
>> review the whole system again before I make any declarations as to
>> viability of the system today.
>>
>> Bruce W.
>>
>> ==================
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Devries"
>>
>>> Bruce Chubb still has a web page dealing with that. It was called
>>> C/MRI. Find it here:
>>>
>>> http://jmri.sourceforge.net/help/en/html/hardware/cmri/CMRI.shtml
>>>
>>> If I remember correctly, the software was in the cartridge space
>>> $C000, which precluded using a disk drive. :(
>>>
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/01/2015 1:49 PM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
>>>> Back in the '90s there was a series of articles in Model Railroad
>>>> Magazine for an interface to run a model railroad with an 8 bit
>>>> computer.  There were adapters for most of the popular 8 bitters and
>>>> the
>>>> CoCo was one.  I did save the articles, but have no idea if the
>>>> components and circuit boards can be obtained today.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce W.
>>>>
>>>> ==================
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jamie"
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for this!  Looking for projects to connect to the outside
>>>>> world.
>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>
>>>>> For those not really handy at building circuits for your Coco....
>>>>> The ORC-90 sound cart has two, eight bit output chips that are
>>>>> used to create the sounds. These chips can also be used to control
>>>>> SIXTEEN relays or transistors to control other things.
>>>> ---
>
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