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                    March 9, 2024 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    The post assumes you want to actually experiment with ethernet and not just encapsulate a serial port. Which means a hard left into the weeds. Our ...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
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                    December 22, 2023 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    Some details of my messing around with the CoCoIOr EEPROM (ROM) on a CoCo2. We are almost certainly doing it wrong, this is simply what I've run ac...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    October 3, 2023 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    CoCoIO is fixed!!! Per the front page, we’ll send a jed file, a chip, or exchange the whole thing. If you don’t get an email soon, let us know. Now...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    July 17, 2023 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    We've been messing with a beta version network card for a few years now. Finally, more complex parts are coming back online and we can actually mak...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    May 9, 2023 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    Carol Stream is west of Chicago proper. Leaving, we found I64 right there, heading west thru the Timber Ridge Forestry Preserve and past the Fox Ri...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    October 14, 2022 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    Hardware isn't much by itself. It's great to have folks working on major utilities like drivewire, and it's fun to know online games are being poked at. But what's here now? 
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    August 3, 2022 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    The softwareball is rolling!
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
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                    March 4, 2022 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    We don’t sell the Keyfix board preinstalled in a keyboard. I’d like to, maybe some kind of core exchange. But I need cores! If you have an electric...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    December 8, 2021 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    This is the 'live' version of the pack in errata sheet that came with your CoCoIO. It's updated periodically, this is the 12/8/21 version.
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                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    November 19, 2021 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    No matter what you do with CoCoIO, you'll be managing buffer addresses, based on a few hints from the WizNet chip. This includes starting and endin...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
                  by patrick ulland 
                
                
                  
                    November 2, 2021 
                   
                
                
                
                  
                    CoCoIO Networking
This post summarizes parts of the W5100s datasheet and the Uthernet manual after translation to CoCo/6x09. You’ll want to grab th...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                
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                    October 31, 2021 
                   
                
                
                  
                  
                  
                  
                    
                      
                         
                       
                    
                   
                
                
                  
                    What does an MPI do, and why does it have to be upgraded? Back in the day, small computer systems addressed everything as RAM. Great theory, but si...
                  
                
                
                
               
             
           
         
       
    
   
 
     
    
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