[Coco] DriveWire 3

[N8WQ]

Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your help. I will consider this adapter, however, Boisy is 
recommending a FTDI chipset and I think I will concentrate on adapters 
that have it.

Alan Jones

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N8WQ - Canal Winchester, Ohio
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Ryan Pritchard wrote:
> I think this device will be wonderful.  I know the USB to UART chip is
> compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/CP2102-USB-TTL-RS232-Serial-Port-Converter-Transceiver_W0QQitemZ250382968852QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Cables_Adapters?hash=item250382968852&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14
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> Ordering one this week, in preparation of using DriveWire on my CoCo 1, or
> at very least to allow me to communicate with my GIMIX 6809 Ghost machines.
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM, N8WQ <exwn8jef at gmail.com> wrote:
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>   
>> Boisy,
>> Can you or someone on the list recommend a good USB to Serial adapter?
>> Unfortunately, I don't have a serial connector. :(
>> Thanks...
>>
>> Alan Jones
>>
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>> Boisy Pitre wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> As the saying goes, the only way to fight fire is with fire.
>>>
>>> So starting today, DriveWire 3 is now a free downloadable product from
>>> Cloud-9.
>>>
>>> You can go to our website at http://www.cloud9tech.com/ and click on the
>>> DriveWire announcement on the main page.  It will take you to the DriveWire
>>> 3 page, where you can now download DriveWire HDB-DOS ROMs for the CoCo 2 and
>>> CoCo 3.  Of course, you will need to burn your own EPROM in order to take
>>> advantage of these images.
>>>
>>> For those of you who don't have an EPROM burner or cable, we've dropped
>>> the price of our HDB-DOS ROM Pak to $20, and are still making cables
>>> available for $10.
>>>
>>> The server software for Windows and Mac will go up sometime today.  The
>>> Linux server on SourceForge has been updated to handle the new protocol
>>> features.
>>>
>>> Documentation and NitrOS-9 images will be go up this weekend.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Boisy G. Pitre
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