[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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