[Coco] Looking for Glenside IDE Controller documentation

[Zippster]

Oh, I am.

Debugging some stuff that’s driving me bonkers at the moment.  :)

- Ed



> On May 24, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed,
> 
> Wow.  I could call that critical mass for our Coco community!
> 
> Thanks for taking time to respond with that information, but aren't you
> supposed to be working on more cool things for all of us?  :)
> 
> -Ron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The installed base for the CoCo SDC is approaching 400 units.
>> 
>> - Ed
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 24, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi John,
>>> 
>>> My time has been limited, but should have some initial Cocovid
>>> documentation sent you no later than next week.  I did poke around on
>>> Darren's site regarding the CoCoSDC to see if there was source code to
>> the
>>> firmware (SDC-DOS).  The controller has the ability to read files from
>> the
>>> underlying file system on a SD card (FAT32) as it does this as part of
>> the
>>> modified "DIR" command and the "DRIVE" command so I believe using a
>> CoCoSDC
>>> would be possible with the Cocovid player.  While the CoCoSDC is very
>>> popular, it may not be at the same installed base as Drivewire (which
>> would
>>> be another great option).  Not sure if the bandwidth would be there with
>>> the bit-banger port to do a constant stream of video data without
>>> interruption...
>>> 
>>> I'm going to do my part to get this project "out there" again.  I'm
>> really
>>> hopeful others will enjoy your work and plan on pushing, er, "motivating"
>>> you to provide that CoCoSDC support!  :)
>>> 
>>> Thanks again for all your help in responding to my numerous emails to you
>>> with various questions -- I really appreciated your patience with me!
>>> 
>>> -Ron
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:22 AM, John W. Linville <
>> linville at tuxdriver.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:01:32AM -0500, Ron Klein wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm hoping that others will find an interest in John's Cocovid player
>> as
>>>>> well.  I plan on sharing all the updated documentation soon (after John
>>>>> reviews it) so it will be much easier for folks to get it up and
>> running
>>>>> quickly.  Perhaps others (with way more talent than I have) might find
>> a
>>>>> way to get it to work with the newer storage solutions and open this
>>>>> project up to an even wider audience.
>>>> 
>>>> I am certainly glad that someone has taken an interest in this project.
>>>> I suspect that at least some of the lack of interest has been
>>>> caused by my lack of interest in providing extensive documentation.
>>>> Perhaps Ron's efforts will overcome that obstacle for some folks?
>>>> 
>>>> If activity around cocovid warms-up, that might motivate me to support
>>>> cocosdc or whatever else might be around the corner...we'll see!
>>>> 
>>>> John
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>> you
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>> ready.
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