[Coco] Single board Pentium computer... "CoCo4" or Drivewire server material?

Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 14:47:56 EST 2009


I believe it will be possible to run the java version of the DriveWire
server on devices like the Linksys WRT54 router (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series ).  I have one so
I'll be trying this at some point :)
The serial libraries also support WinCE, so any ipaq type handheld
should work.  lots of the older handhelds used serial ports for their
sync connection, so this might be a good way to put them to use.
There may also soon be a web interface that can be used in place of a
native GUI on platforms like the WRT54 that have no display.


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:
> At 11:03 AM 12/11/2009, you wrote:
>>
>> Frank, it's just a SBC intended to be used in a passive backplane
>> environment. I've got a couple of similar things set up, and if you can
>> locate a proper case and backplane for it, you can have a nice
>> lunchbox-sized ISA/PCI based PC.
>>
>> The one I have is far too slow to do anything useful except run some very
>> old DOS games (which is all I use it for)
>
>
> The coolest thing I've seen yet is a Compaq IA-1 Internet Appliance terminal
> running as a CoCo emulator.  I hope to get NitrOS-9 Level II working on it
> in 2010 so the IA-1 boots up directly into it.  Coming up with things to do
> with it after that is another story.  :)
>
> There might not be an easy way to get data in and out of the IA-1 from
> MS-DOS/Vavasour or Keil emulators except for the CF card itself where
> everything including the emulator is stored.
>
> I have mine set up to boot into the CoCo 3 screen on power-up, so it looks
> like some new type of CoCo with wireless keyboard.
>
>
>
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