[Coco] Printing from DW

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I can see both points.  If the point was simply modern functionality, why mess around
with the old hardware in the first place.  Just buy a boring, run of the mill pc from walmart and run
emulators.

I find mixing the old and new to be probably the most interesting aspect, hardware wise.
SD cards, usb ports, wireless adapters on old 8-bits, etc.
Recreating the old can also be fun, and educational…

I kind of like the wireless replacement for the serial connection to Drivewire idea.
Has anyone done anything like this already?

What about connecting the module Tim linked earlier to the serial port on the CoCo
using the onboard microcontroller to make the module appear as a
standard serial cable?  Then no support changes are needed on the CoCo side,
and the rest of the connection could be supported from the Drivewire end.

- Ed


> On Oct 27, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On 28/10/2014 5:07 AM, Al Hartman wrote:
>> I used to have a Disto Super Controller. I loaned it to Zebra Systems for writing drivers to support it for CGDP and Zebra Write. But, it got lost and I never saw it again.
>> 
>> I wish Tony would release the artwork so we could make a run of them. I'd love to have one again. I wish someone would make a clone FD-502 Controller PCB. They come up on eBay every so often, but eventually they will become quite rare. Especially if it had a built-in ROM switch so we could switch between HDB-DOS and DECB or ADOS. And, if it had the high density mod built-in, that would be a nice boon for Coco users. Imagine using 1.44mb drives and floppies on a Coco...
>> 
> 
> I see your interest is in recreating the old. That's admirable, really, but a hard sell in the age of USB and SD cards.
> 
> 100 x SD card based "floppy" controllers for the CoCo with the ability to flash in several Disk Basic ROMS and support for Drivewire have just been made/sold (CoCoSDC). Clearly, most people want SD (and Drivewire) not real floppies. It's a trend that is happening in the entire Retro Computer community.
> 
> As much as I would love to turn the clock back to 1988, there are times when some things simply must move forward... even in the CoCo world.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
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