[Coco] Bluetooth on the Model 100 - any chance of getting this to work on the COCO?

[Roger Taylor]

At 02:24 PM 11/25/2008, you wrote:
>Torsten,
>
>These gadgets are so vast in numbers that it is hard to keep up!!!!!
>
>Would be fun.....I have too many projects on my plate right now.... 
>:) Don't have to mention any names.
>
>Keep the ideas coming!!!!!!
>
>Mark
>Cloud-9
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Torsten Dittel" <Torsten at Dittel.info>
>To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:13:33 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Bluetooth on the Model 100 - any chance of 
>getting this to work on the COCO?
>
>I assume it would even work at the CoCo's bit banger port. The module
>provides RX, TX, and RTS, CTS for hardware handshake. Others here have
>proved 115K is possible.
>
>Mark, Boisy, wouldn't it be great to have wireless DriveWire? :-)
>
>Regards,
>Torsten


My 115200 bps achievement through the bitbanger port requires a small 
protocol to be used.  Packets are used to increase the 
throughput.  Without the protocol, the CoCo could still send single 
characters separately as usual to a PC, but the CoCo could never be 
expected to catch the data start bits from a PC.  *Maybe* with the 
CoCo 3, but not a 1 or 2.

In my tests, the CoCo was continuously receiving 512-byte packets 
from the Rainbow IDE server and showing the data on the screen.  The 
speed is quite amazing.
A PIA rated to run at 2mhz might be required.

-- 
Roger Taylor

http://www.wordofthedayonline.com