[Coco] CoCo Wireless RS-232 Pak

[Mike Pepe]

Gene, you can use a USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc at the same time.
Same idea, just wirelessly.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Gene Heskett
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:25 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Wireless RS-232 Pak

On Wednesday 25 February 2009, Roger Taylor wrote:
>At 09:29 AM 2/25/2009, you wrote:
>>On Wednesday 25 February 2009, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>> >Gene
>> >
>> >A class 1 USB dongle is good for in excess of 100 meters. Other
classes
>> >are less. There are cases where a class 1 bluetooth device has been
used
>> >up to 600 feet.
>> >
>> >james
>>
>>I wonder how many channels it could handle?  I have a serial mouse on
a
>>piggy-backed rs-232 Deluxe & if I remove that, I'll lose my mouse.  So
I
>> had a bluetooth mouse in mind to replace it.  Which means the BT
receiver
>> will be getting data from more than one transmitter...  What about
>> collisions? Roger?
>>
>>I'd assume there are src id's in the packets the BT device
sends/receives.
>>Roger?
>
>Your PC's bluetooth stack/driver should handle multiple connections
>just fine, even from multiple CoCos.
>
>You can rename your CoCo's broadcasted name, but each pak should have
>it's own address on top of that so there's no mix-ups.
>
>Each pak is customizable.  When the pak is in command mode (the PC
>hasn't connected to it yet) (like a modem accepting AT commands), you
>can set parameters that stay there until you change them again.
>
>Two DECB, OS-9, or NitrOS-9 CoCo's should be able to talk to each
>other using the pak's EasyConnect mode which is initiated by both
>CoCos using a certain command sequence.  A cable-replacement mode is
>started and the rest is just an invisible null-modem serial cable as
>far as the CoCo is concerned.

That doesn't seem to address using a BT mouse with the coco though?

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