[Coco] How to detect a CoCo 1 vs a CoCo 2 in software.

[Joe Grubbs]

Hi Barry,


I hope that you find some reliable way to detect internally, but in lieu of that, your idea to query the Drivewire server is potentially a good one. Another option to consider is just have Coco1/2 mode default to 57600 and just assume that a user who is savvy enough to employ Drivewire and your ROM is savvy enough to have upgraded their Coco1... And make such an upgrade a prerequisite. I know that isn't in the spirit of your original intention but it seems like a reasonable option.


-Joe



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From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 3:20 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] How to detect a CoCo 1 vs a CoCo 2 in software.

That is wonderful information but does not solve the issue. I have no way of knowing what machine my software will be running on, I am trying to have it choose the correct baud rate. I do not want the user to have to plug in a special dongle into the serial port either, however it may be a safe guess that an active DriveWire server will be connected, so a small program that queries DriveWire for a response might work, if it is reliable and doesn't sometimes choose the higher baud rate by chance.

> Daniel Campos daniel.campus at gmail.com
> Mon Aug 22 23:45:16 EDT 2016
>
> Sure. Just replace the old MC1741 that are in all CoCo1s for a CA3140
> and you be able to have a CoCo2 rate of 57600.
>
> Daniel


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