[Coco] atari USB device

Theodore Evans (Alex) alxevans at concentric.net
Wed Nov 17 21:32:47 EST 2004


On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:53 PM, David Hazelton wrote:

> James~
> 	Not looking to deeply in it, Would you put code in a Rom that would be
> read on startup to check for keyboard mouse and joystick on USB line 
> and
>  if found would over take over the keyboard and joystick functions in
> DECB.  I would think that that would be adequate for DECB. In OS9 and
> Nitro different drivers would be loaded,  for those USB devices which
> are SCF type and that a RBF driver for USB drives (sort of like the
> CompactFlash)can be added....Did I miss any other type of USB device
> that  would be useful on a Coco?

While it would be possible to do this for BASIC itself, I feel that it 
would be of limited utility as so much DECB software directly reads the 
hardware.  Just about any USB device would potentially be useful on the 
CoCo.

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Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?




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