[Coco] CoCo Ethernet for $25-$30...

[Frank Pittel]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:54:20PM -0500, Allen Huffman wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I haven't done anything with trying to get the Xbee to work with a coco but am happy to try. I've got a couple of them I can bring to the fest if
> > there's interest in trying to get it to work with a coco! I probably got the same kit you did which means one has a usb mini port on the adaptor to connect
> > easily to a computer and another has an adaptor to allow it to be used with 5 volt serial that we can connect to the coco via the bit banger port.
> > I will need a plug or "spare" cable we can putz with.
> 
> Well, that's totally doable. It's a serial device, and looks like a modem right down to an "AT" command set. I have a board that turns it into a USB serial port, so the same thing could be done to make it RS232...
> 
> Heck, I will scrounge around and see what I have. I may have a way to do this in my boxes of stuff.

Sounds like we both got the same "kit". Mine came with two xbee modules and two "interface" boards. One to connect an xbee to usb and
another board to allow it to be powered by 5V and be connected to a 5V serial port. Almost taylor made for connecting to a bitbanger port! :-)

The Other Frank