[Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD on Android

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 06 June 2013 04:38:42 Bill Pierce did opine:

> Ok, I found the bluetooth to db9 adapter online in most parts stores.
> Averaging from $30 - $50
> Range of about 300 ft

300 feet isn't bluetooth.  My coco3 is about 18 feet away, thru the wooden 
floor in the basement.  Its works about 30 seconds & gives up using Rogers 
bluetooth rs-232 cartridge with a bluetooth dongle plugged into an 
extension cable and jury rigged in the focal point of a 10" alu trouble 
light reflector which is pointed at the coco3.

None of my wirelsss keyboard/mouse combo's, which are bluetooth, works 
beyond about 5 feet.  The receiver dongle for the kit I use on the lathe 
has about a 6 foot cable and if I don't have the dongle draped over the 
spindle housing so its only 25" or less to either the keyboard or the 
mouse, I lose control of the lathe.

300 feet is the range you can get from a household wifi router.  That is 
802-11b/c/n range, not bluetooth. 


> USB and External powered .... Oh no... not another wall wart!
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 12:21 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Linux Live CD on Android
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> Ok.... So when do we expect the DW Android port? j/k :-P
> I didn't realize there was a serial to bluetooth unit. What powers it?
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