[Coco] Minor 'Fest announcement (LEDs)

[Francis Swygert]

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:46:09 -0500
From: RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com>

Gotta admit, that is extremely cool.? After viewing, I *had* to look at 
my case, and I see the same thing.? Awesome.? They fit perfectly!

If you're interested, I'll whip up a way to control those LEDs from the 
CoCo, free of charge.? Your choice on design.? I can whip up a 
microcontroller to do some cylon lights or blink or something, or I can 
make something that can be programmed from the CoCo, wither by RS232 or 
something that sits under the CPU socket. I might be able to pull 
something together by fest time.

Either way, impressive.? If a list of parts is available, that'd be 
awesome as well.

Jim=====================================
What would be nice is if the LEDs did something, not just for looks. Power on (well, since they run off the Coco 5V power that's obvious), maybe cassette relay active (not sure how useful that would be), etc. I don't know what would be useful that you could pull from the motherboard. Disc activity would be nice, but no way to pull it. Could probably have the CART select line light one, but can it be done easily without interfering with the signal? 


Frank Swygert
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