[Coco] Drivewire with RS232 pak
Gene Heskett
gheskett at shentel.net
Sun Oct 28 20:12:00 EDT 2018
On Sunday 28 October 2018 20:03:46 RETRO Innovations wrote:
> On 10/28/2018 5:11 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 October 2018 15:50:36 rietveld rietveld wrote:
> >> Is there a way to use the RS232 pak with DW instead of the bit
> >> banger port?
> >
> > It would take a new chip in a newly designed pack to match what DW
> > does. And even then, something like a 16550 needs an i/o space 16
> > bytes wide.
>
> CoCoLINK is compatible with the RS232 Pak and it goes at 230Kbps, on
> all CoCo units. It uses the 6551 ACIA, just like the RS232 Pak.
With all its warts? Thats quite an accomplishment, Jim. Web page showing
it? price?
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