[Coco] CoCoNet status

[Roger Taylor]

At 05:53 PM 2/20/2009, you wrote:
>Roger Taylor wrote:
>>Hey guys, CoCoNet just gained the auto-update feature!  It also has 
>>the side effect of allowing Virtual Game Paks....
>>
>>Read on...
>>
>>The very top of the CoCoNet ROM has code that tries to replace 
>>itself with an updated .rom file (on your PC).  If the .rom is not 
>>CoCoNet, it starts up like a game pak.  So, CoCoNet is also a Live ROM Pak.
>> From your PC you tell the CoCo what ROM to boot up with - CoCoNet, 
>> a game pak, utility pak, embedded pak, etc.  Otherwise, the 
>> cartridge's EPROM already contains a version of CoCoNet that continues to boot.
>>
>>This is over the bitbanger cable, and it's still very cool.  I 
>>can't wait to see all this go wireless.
>>
>>Wireless virtual disks
>>Wireless ROM Paks
>>Wireless HTTP requests
>This sounds so excellent!  I'm using an SVD right now but supporting 
>the game paks would convince me to purchase one.  Now to find a way 
>to xvfer tape images without the recorder.   ;)

My new cocotape.exe command for Windows will take any PC file and 
turn it into an audio stream that represents a CoCo file.  In other 
words, a live CoCo file creator.  There's a command switch for 
keeping the WAVE file that was created and played.  Otherwise, the 
temporary WAVE file is deleted once played.  To help the CoCo CLOADM 
or CLOAD a file, you specify if the PC file format is BASIC, binary, 
data, ASCII, etc.





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