[Coco] Beyond disks (was Re: Coco -> Arduino -> Drivewire and back again... the arduino code... for connecting via the serial)

[Aaron Wolfe]

Another option is a serial to IP convertor, often called term server.  Digi
is a common brand.  They can be found very cheap on evilbay sometimes.  I
picked up an 8 port version for $20 iirc.
 On Jun 20, 2014 11:27 PM, "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious, I've read a couple suggestions - arduino connected to coco
> serial, arduino connected to coco slot, raspi etc.  I'm hopeful that the
> final product steers away from using the game slot as I don't own an MPI,
> and given my finacial situation, its not likely I'll own one in the near
> future.  The one idea that I find most palatable is the arduino with
> ethernet shield connected to the coco's serial port.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> > On 21/06/2014 7:15 AM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> >
> >> On Jun 20, 2014 5:06 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I would like to see more support in manipulating and managing drive
> >>>
> >> images and easier hard disk creation/management tools built in to
> >> drivewire
> >> without additional external tools.
> >>
> >>> A more modern way of accessing drives is what Drivewire (to me) is all
> >>>
> >> about. All the extas thrown in are for a very small minority of users.
> >>
> >> I can appreciate that, but the survey results seem to show the vast
> >> majority of users being interested in things beyond just drives.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You will always get that. People have a tendacy to throw their entire
> wish
> > list at you.
> >
> > One just needs to take a step back and make it clear what the original
> > intent, vision and goal of the project was in the beginning and simply
> > follow that trail to develop a complete product that does the intended
> goal
> > fully.
> >
> > Not that Drivewire doesn't but when I keep needing to run an external
> > utility to do certain drive management tasks, then it's clear there is
> room
> > for more core features.
> >
> > I don't know about you but I find it more practical to add a feature that
> > a larger number of users will use than spend days/weeks/months developing
> > something that only a handfull are going to use.
> >
> > That's my view... coming from someone who uses their computer for
> > developing other products (games in my case) for the CoCo. I never did
> just
> > "tinker" for my own amusement. I always wanted to create for the CoCo or
> > use the CoCo as a tool to create.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
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