[Color Computer] [Coco] Re: CoCo USB

[George Ramsower]

From: "Vern Burke" <vburke at skow.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Color Computer] [Coco] Re: CoCo USB


> Ok, coming out of the lurker closet :)
>
> George Ramsower wrote:
>
>>  If I had this proposed USB interface and a driver to operate it, 
>> wouldn't I need software to operate anything that connects to it?
>
> Um, no, not neccessarily. Presumably any USB storage devices would use RBF 
> just exactly like any other CoCo storage device, USB HID devices and stuff 
> like USB-serial port converters will use SCF, just like any CoCo serial 
> device. These things would all work just dandy with existing applications 
> without any special requirement for extra application software. (I'm not 
> aware at this time of any USB storage devices or HID/serial devices that 
> require any extra application software to make them work).
>

I hope I'm not the only person here that is learning about this sort of 
thing.

 Can OS-9 LII be a likely candidate for this type of hardware?


George,