[Coco] USB port for MM/1?

Allen Huffman alsplace at pobox.com
Fri May 15 22:42:06 EDT 2020


> On May 15, 2020, at 8:47 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi MM/1 users. Is it possible to attach a USB port to an MM/1; perhaps at one of the serial ports? I know such devices exist…


Yes, 100%.  Microchip makes a USB Host Chip that is dirt cheap. I buy them from Hobbytronics in the UK on a breakout board with custom firmware. You can get them to handle gamepads/joysticks, USB drives, mice, keyboards, etc. and they use a simple ASCII protocol that is easy to parse.

		— Allen




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