[Coco] [Color Computer] Drivewire - first impressions

[drag0n1969]

Last week I have received from Boisy Pitre of Cloud9 their DriveWire 
product. After a week of usage, I reckon that for $40 this is the 
ultimate upgrade for the Coco.

I was really impressed with the easy and straightforward setup 
process and with the speed of communication with the PC server. 

Once installed, your PC acts as a virtual hard/floppy drive for the 
CoCo both under DECB (using a special version of HDB-DOS that is 
included) and under Nitros-9.
As an added bonus, you even get a real time clock for NitrOS9 
(syncing with the PC clock).

For me, this is actually a cheap alternative for getting a hard 
drive for the Coco. Data transfer seems faster than floppy disk – 
and the fact that drivewire uses the standard .DSK format means that 
the DSK images I download are now only one click away from being 
used on my CoCo3.

Do not be discouraged by the message on Cloud9's homepage, as they 
do continue to sell their Software products, including Drivewire.

As a challenge to Boisy – I do wish that future versions will enable 
the PC server to share its printer as well!






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