[Coco] NON-GAME Coco cartridges

[Arthur Flexser]

Kandur, I believe all the ADOS software and docs are in the database
associated with the list.

ftp://maltedmedia.com/coco/NEWLY-RECEIVED/ados3.7z
ftp://maltedmedia.com/coco/NEWLY-RECEIVED/extended.ados.3.7z

(The original ADOS for the CoCo 1/2 was to be added "soon" some months ago,
unsure if it actually was or not.)

Art


On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

> My house was wired for 4 terminals on 2 floors.
> The 2 kid's had a terminal in their rooms, my wife and the recroom had 1
> each.
> The Coco had a 1200 baud dialup internet connection, that we all shared.
> There was a clever program, that attached or detached the terminals,
> when a certain function key was struck. Alas I forgot it's name.
> Art, I loved your ADOS, still have the E-prom, but lost the dikette. (:
>
> Kandur
>
> Sunday, June 8, 2014, 3:59:56 PM, you wrote:
> > Actually, I was wondering why one would want or
> > need 4 RS232 ports, and a
> > multi-line BBS was all I could think of.
> > Though I suppose one port could
> > be for the printer as an alternative to the bit-banger, though the
> > advantage of that seems marginal, apart from saving the cost of a
> > serial-to-parallel adapter.
>
> > Art
>
>
> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:
>
> >> Made by Coco Devices.
> >> Changed the picture, look again.
> >> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/COCO%20COMM-4.jpg
>
> >> HotCoCo-1986-02.pdf
> >> "On the hardware front. there are some intriguing
> >> new products for use on a BBS or a
> >> term inal. CoCo Devices has released a communications
> >> serial port called COMM-4 . It
> >> supports four channels of serial I/O and can
> >> be expanded to eight. Running under OS-9.
> >> this would make for a very interesting eightchannel
> >> BBS . (I don't even want to think
> >> about the installation fees for eight new phone lines!)"
>
> >> Kandur
>
> >> Sunday, June 8, 2014, 3:02:28 PM, you wrote:
> >> > So who made it?  The image seems to cut off in
> >> > the middle, with no company
> >> > listed.
>
> >> > Art
>
>
> >> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:
>
> >> >> Mine must be this one, it wasn't cheap then! :)
>
> >> >> If I remember correctly, the 2 RCA connectors were used for
> interrupts.
> >> >> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/COCO%20COMM-4.jpg
>
> >> >> Kandur
>
> >> >> Sunday, June 8, 2014, 11:06:20 AM, you wrote:
> >> >> > Your pack seems to be the equivalent of four
> >> >> > different RS-232 Paks, and
> >> >> > contains four 6551 ACIA chips.  The Marty
> >> >> > Goodman CoCoPro one is equivalent
> >> >> > to just a single RS-232 Pak and contains a single 6551 chip..
>
> >> >> > Art
>
>
> >> >> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:
>
> >> >> >> As I have mentioned in my intro, fortunately
> >> >> >> kept most of my NON-GAME Coco cartridges,
> >> >> >> when I had to part from my computer gear.
>
> >> >> >> My first question is, which RS-232 pack is mine?
> >> >> >>
> >> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/cartridges/Serial/index.html
> >> >> >> Is it the famous CoCoPro! RS232 Pak by Marty Goodman?
>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/RS232%20Pak%20%28CoCoPro!%29.pdf
> >> >> >> I'm in the process to upload the photos of my other NON-GAME Coco
> >> >> >> cartridges.
>
> >> >> >> Kandur
>
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