[Coco] RS DOS RS232 application?

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 15 April 2016 07:42:57 Brian Blake wrote:

> CoConet supported it via the 6551 in the paks Roger sold. I modified
> my drivepak for it and the test rs232 pak I built.

Interesting.  Is it a big deal to mod a stacked deluxe rs-232 pack to do 
that?  When I say stacked, two sets of chips have been stacked in mine, 
the 2nd to service my serial 3 button mouse.

As this will involve the use of the 7 wire protocol for flow control, and 
I have not had a working flow control since around the nitros9 v2.0 
days, I am curious to see the xmode output of your setup?

Unfortunately I can't get to mine ATM, we had some work done in the 
basement, and my poor old coco needs a trip to an air hose to blow the 
cement dust out of it before I apply power again.  The lid wasn't even 
on the case when they fired up the jackhammers to cut a drainage ditch 
feeding an automatic sump pump, against all the outside walls, and 
installed a bunch of 4" steel i-beams to help support one wall that 
after 40 years, was being pushed in by the clay soil this house is  
floating in.  But its up to me to finish cleaning up the mess, and my 
back is only good for about an hours worth of that a day.   And I intend 
to fill the space between I-beams with styro foam sheets for some 
insulation before figuring out how to move a shelving kit we hand built 
that is about 24 feet long, back against the wall and reload it with our 
midden heap, currently stacked in the middle of the floor about 4 feet 
deep.  As you can imagine, we will be sorting some of it into a 4x6 
trailer to take to the landfill, several times.

To do that w/o having to haul it up the steps, I'll have to invent a pair 
of rails sticking into a removed window, and a sled that guides itself 
on those rails, so I can have the misses running a crank from 
my "skyhooked" hoist to deliver it to ground level. I'd put myself in a 
wheelchair forever trying to carry it up the stairs.  That of course 
will take a while, but I'd like to get it cleared out enough we could 
actually play pool on the pool table by cold weather again.  Or, maybe 
even find it a new home & give Dee back her sewing table by moving it to 
the middle of the floor.  But it will take rigging to get those slates 
back up the stairs as they are close to 350 lbs each, 3 of them as its a 
std sized 8 ball table.  There is also a foot kicked potters wheel with 
an electric motor rigged to turn it that I wish we could find a new home 
for. Dee bought it BG (Before Gene) but I don't think it ever had a pile 
of wet clay on it.  Must weight over 200 lbs. Kick wheel is at least 
36", cast concrete with a steel strap rim the motors belt drives. 
Working table is a bit north of 12".  When Gene arrived the motor didn't 
work as it wasn't wired right, but does now. Thats my schtick you 
know. :)

> Yeah, DriveWire used the bit banger - in my precoffee haze that one
> slipped by.
>
Happens to the best of us. No biggie.  I've got to go see if I can get 
our pot started for the day.

Take care Brian.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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