[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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