[Coco] Drivewire over PI was: The BIGGEST PROBLEM with (So-Called) NEW CoCo Hardware...

Allen Huffman alsplace at pobox.com
Tue Mar 7 12:28:50 EST 2017


> On Mar 7, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Doesn't need flow cntl.  The host controller/ device interface is a
> master/slave situation and all data flows "synchronously", much like
> Drivewire.   Device "interrupts" are faked by the host periodically polling
> each device.   That doesn't mean that one wouldn't need flow cntl at the
> PC-HOST controller interface....

Good to know. My CoCoPilot (i.e., "just a Pi with DW on it") using the RS232 port works fine, but I wondered if the lack of DTS, etc. would be a downside. "Just because it works here doesn't mean it will work anywhere else."

		-- A




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