[Coco] RPi DriveWire Success!

Joel Ewy jcewy at swbell.net
Tue Jan 14 11:12:22 EST 2014


Sufficient fiddling got me through.  I've booted NitrOS-9 on my 
CoCo3FPGA from a DriveWire 4 server running on a Raspberry Pi.  This is 
pretty cool, because there is a good chance I can get both the RPi and 
the CoCo3FPGA to live in the same CoCo 3 case and eventually run off the 
same power supply.  Then if I can wedge a PS/2/USB keyboard adapter in 
there with some kind of a switch, I can run them both from the same 
keyboard.  A mini USB hub in the cartridge bay will allow me to plug in 
memory sticks and whatnot and I can have a hybrid PiCo.  I have a 
ViewSonic LCD that allows me to switch between the analog VGA for the 
CoCo3FPGA, and the DVI port (with HDMI adapter) for the RPi with the 
touch of a button.  I need to try out Bill's DW4Man.  That should 
minimize the need to switch back and forth.  But with a little work I 
could have a self-contained WiFi-enabled 25MHz CoCo that's also a fully 
usable Raspberry Pi.  I like.

JCE




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