[Coco] DLOAD (was: Re: Stupid Cassette Port Tricks, (was: Re: Coco and .WAV files))

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 2 Feb 2008 at 5:37, wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:

> Aside from other trivial factors, the cassette port was two and a half
> times faster than you could reliably shove through the bit-banger. 
> Sad but true, the bit-banger in those days (improvements have been
> made, thanks Mark and Boise) was a slow and unreliable interface. 
> Couldn't be trusted above 600 bps.

I never used the internal serial port on the Coco1 or the Coco3. To much 
overhead having a software UART. I used the MPI and the serial cartridge. 
Had good reliability up to 9600 baud. Just wished the serial printers of that 
time supported faster speeds.

james