[Coco] e-mail app???

[David Gettle]

So it sounds like all that is needed is just add adding a virtual device to
drivewire and a routine in drivewire to convert text sent to it to a batch
file for the host machine, and execute it. and a Nitros9 device descriptor,
sounds simple enough, just wish I had time enough to work on it.....

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:05 AM, K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "K. Pruitt"
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 7:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] e-mail app???
>
>
>  I think the solution would be to run everything SMS-related from the PC,
>> and just configure the software to accept  the text from the Coco via
>> drivewire.
>>
>> Of course I don't have the details for this software I speak of, but it
>> seems logical to throw all the work-load on to the PC.
>>
>> --
>>
>
> For example, I wanted my CoCo to be able to tell my PC to do things. I
> came up with this Rube-Goldberg style method of having the CoCo send a txt
> file to /p and then I used a cron utility on my PC to check the printer
> directory every minute and convert the text file to a .BAT file and run it.
> It was clumsy and inconvenient but it worked.
>
> So what I am saying it the CoCo only has to treat the text message it
> wants to send as any other string of characters. The CoCo never needs to
> know anything about SMS. All that can be handled on the PC with
> pre-existing open source software, with all that is needed to be added is a
> software interface to pick up that simple string of characters from the
> CoCo and pass it along to the SMS software.
>
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