[Coco] Coco Armatron Interfacing

Fri Jul 30 11:33:30 EDT 2010

Yes, I remember the article now from Rainbow that you mention. It was by 
Dennis (can't remember his last name) - he did a lot of articles on hardware 
for Rainbow and used Deft PASCAL I think for the software side of his 
hardware articles - oh, just remembered his last name.. Weide.
Anyway... you are correct - the ROS was in the Rainbow... I don't remember 
what J.J. Barbarello Called his, but I'll dig out and scan the articles. I 
have that whole set of his articles, if I can find them all, I'll scan them 
all - the most important I think would be part 1 (the PIA Pak) and the later 
two that dealt with the Armatron - one was the hardware conversion to 
connect to the PIA Pak and the other was a pretty cool piece of software to 
control the Arm... I'll get to looking - thanks for posting all the links - 
I love working with all of this hardware. I've also got to send out a few 
items I promised folks and hadn't got around to mailing (I currently can't 
get out because my feet are swollen and I can't walk, but it gets better :-) 
so I have to depend on Dad making time to get to the Post Office for me.) 
Thanks for everything guys --- I'm off to check out these awesome links 
you've posted.
-John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew" <keeper63 at cox.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco Armatron Interfacing


> John - responses in-line...
>
> > Message: 14
> > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:27:15 -0500
> > From: "Little John \(GIMEchip.com\)" <sales at gimechip.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco Armatron Interfacing
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> >
> > That particular article in Color Computer Magazine was one of several
> > that
> > detailed the computer control of an Armatron. When my dad gave me all
>
> That's what I've been finding; I have several of the articles - all the
> ones I have found so far are up on my site. The more I look, the more I
> find, it seems. At one point, I collected everything I had and released
> a "super-archive"; then promptly found another addition after I had
> published that one! Since then, I have found a few more...ha.
>
> > of his
> > CoCo Stuff, that article along with the one in Hot CoCo and
>
> I haven't see anything about a Hot CoCo one - I would be interested in 
> that!
>
> > Radio-Electronics prompted me to seek out some Armatrons (I've got 6
> > of
> > them, but haven't converted any as yet). The ROS article that you
>
> I have a few Armatrons myself; my original Tomy Armatron from when I was
> a kid (in OK shape - it kinda got damaged in storage - melted plastic in
> one spot, but should function OK), a couple of Radio Shack ones (one
> specifically bought for a conversion - its in really rough shape), and
> my most recent one, a Discovery Channel "Spark" arm (its one of the
> latest re-releases! Ugly as sin, though):
>
> http://www.phoenixgarage.org/show_article/93
>
> I also know about another re-release, called the Smithsonian
> Robo-Arm/Bio-Arm:
>
> http://www.phoenixgarage.org/show_article/107
>
> > mention,
> > if I remember correctly, was in Hot CoCo and was part of James J.
> > Barbarello's "Hardware Hacker" series. It was for controlling an
> > Armatron as
> > well. James did a whole series, the first of which was a PIA Pak for
>
> Hmm - maybe so; but I distinctly remember a series of articles (of which
> I only have the two issues for the last two articles - there were three)
> in the Rainbow; I'll see if I can find the issues later tonight...
>
> > interfacing the rest of the series to the CoCo and part of the series
> > detailed an Armatron Connection to his PIA Port Cartridge. If I can
> > find the
> > articles, I'll scan them for you if you like. The article in
>
> Yes - I would like that a lot; it would go great in my archive (CoCo and
> Armatron - I love them both!).
>
> > Radio-Electronics detailed how to connect one to a VIC-20 and if I'm
> > not
> > mistaken, the VIC-20 article mounted the Armatron to a piece of
> > plywood with
> > the motors external (connected by plastic "drive" shafts). I'll see if
> >  I can
> > find that one too. -John
>
> I have that issue and article, and have it scanned in and on my website;
> I think it is in the "super-archive" I posted:
>
> http://www.phoenixgarage.org/show_article/92
>
> Which now has to be re-done...
>
> :)
>
> Thanks for the feedback on this!
>
> -- Andrew L. Ayers
>    Glendale, Arizona
>
>
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