[Coco] CoCoNet/serial pak survey

Diego Barizo diegoba at adinet.com.uy
Sun Feb 1 18:42:42 EST 2009


Roger Taylor wrote:
> Which one of these would you likely pick for CoCoNet or general 
> purpose RS-232 CoCo-to-PC communications?
>
> 1) least expensive, game pak sized, bitbanger version of CoCoNet (ROM 
> Pak + 5 foot serial cable), 57600/115200 bps
> 2) more expensive, game pak sized, Wireless/bluetooth RS-232 pak, 
> approx. ~100ft range, up to 115200 bps
> 3) average cost, game pak sized, new RS-232 Pak with DB-9 port
>
> 1 and 2 will be produced soon and contain the CoCoNet EPROM which will 
> give your CoCo a Disk BASIC 1.1 virtual floppy drive system + HTTP 
> request capabilities using your PC as the resource base and enhanced 
> BASIC commands for all functions.  In other words, CoCoNet is 
> "transparent" and ready on power-up.
I would pick the least expensive one, but that might be because the 
average income in this country is under 1/5 of the average in the US :-S

Diego




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