[Coco] [Color Computer] USB Anyone?

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

Maybe its just me, I might be missing something, but it just seems rather 
redundant, as cloud 9 sells keyboard kits and such for cheep already, and 
with the new superboard, you will have ps/2 outlets for mice. I just thought 
to focus on stuff that isn't all that availible to hard to get for the CoCo, 
because, with a USB keboard, mouse joystick, printer etc, you then would be 
looking to a a USB hub and much more "stuff".
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>Running standard RSDOS mayb e the answer is no!
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>But for OS9 or NitrOS9 that is entirely different. With OS9  you are
>not restricted to the low resolution mice and small keyboard.
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>james
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>--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar"
><glenvdb at h...> wrote:
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> > This is my point. Do we realy need a usb keyboard? Mouse? Joystick?
>My CoCo
> > 3's keyboard is fine, You can still get TR mice easily, and
>joysticks are so
> > plentiful that you can get them usually for under $5 bucks (i Have over
> > 40)-granted the TR joystick is not the greatest, but we aren't
>plying NHL
> > 2005 here.
> > I think, if we do this, we have to focus on drivers that will make
>the CoCo
> > 3 Instantly more than it was before. That means focusing on products
>that
> > were never avalible to the CoCo in the first place. There are tons
>of USB
> > floppy drives for laptops on the market and hard drives also. It
>would be
> > nice to stick a small laptop drive in my CoCo 3 case, and just had a
>USB
> > conector (easy to hide the wires) . The keyboard mouse and joystick
>can be
> > added later, but if you want people to buy them right off the hopp,
>you have
> > to come out with drives that instantly transform the CoCo into
>something
> > more than it already is. If they were avalible today, and they only had
> > these drivers, I would not buy it until other drivers were avalible
>to make
> > it do something that it couldn't do before.
> > -Just my 2 cents, and my marketing courses involved.
> > -Glen
> > >
> > >On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 23:52 -0600, Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This would be great, but evryone would have to agree on the set of
> > >primary
> > > > drivers. we would have to think about what devices would be most
> > >imprtant
> > > > first (maybe a 3.5' floppy or a hard drive?) we could all debate
>for
> > >hours
> > > > whats the most important stuff to hook up.
> > > > -Glen
> > >
> > >Programmers are lazy. The dominoes will likely fall in order of
>"easiest
> > >first."
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> > >So I'd expect a USB joystick, a USB keyboard, a USB mouse, and then
> > >maybe a USB Serial or USB Parallel Port.
> > >
> > >Then perhaps a USB storage device, like a key drive.
> > >
> > >-- John.
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