[Coco] Deal to first 3 responders

[Paul Fitch]

Having a database pays off<g>.   The Forgotten Chip article in Rainbow was
in May 1989, page 130.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Gene Heskett
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:46 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Deal to first 3 responders
> 
> On Monday 24 August 2009, Ed Orbea wrote:
> >Roger, in your reply you said: "...is to let anybody with a 
> CoCo serial 
> >to PC cable, a 6551-based pak, the Forgotten Chip mod, etc". 
> For those 
> >of us who are not at the same level of knowledge, what is "the 
> >Forgorren Chip mod"?
> >
> That was the name of an article in Rainbow, on how to install 
> a normal acia
> (sy6551) serial comm chip, in a std coco2, and do it in such 
> a way that under os9, it shared the regular serial ports 
> connections, but with I believe, better flow controls.
> 
> I used that in a coco2, running os9 and a proggy I wrote in 
> basic09, to be a better EDISK for a tv production video 
> switcher known as the Grass Valley Groups 300 series.  It 
> worked flawlessly for about 12 years except for losing
> 3 disk controllers, presumably when mother nature walked 
> around with her fireworks, which can be a problem when you 
> have a 255' high lightning rod 50 feet out the back door, and 
> tied to the house electrics grounding with _very_ large conductors.
> 
> The chip kit in mine lived on a piece of perfboard under the 
> keyboard, and I got the parts from an old DCM-300 modem.  I 
> had it running at 2400 baud, and might have tried to go 
> faster, but the next increment in the Grass was to
> 38.4 kilobaud, and I knew the coco couldn't keep up with 
> that.  It was only 4 times faster than the $20K Grass Valley 
> setup, so I quit while I was ahead. 
> :)
> 
> I'm sure someone here can quote the issue it was in.
>  
> >Ed Orbea
> 
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