At 12:00 -0600 3/1/13, Ben wrote:
I'd use a COCO II computer. You don't need to
run the software. :)
Ben.
Maybe not for recording Win7, but for learning BASIC, this
turns out to be good advice. One from Cindy's warehouse (after taking
off the dusty top case and washing it and the keys, and buying an
RCA-to-"F"-connector adaptor for the video) has spent part of last
night and *all* of this morning (since before I got up until after
noon) teaching Extended Color Basic to my 12-year-old son.
WOOT.
Maybe I'm dreaming, but I may finally have found at least a partial
antidote to "MineCraft".
Fortunately, I already own a cassette recorder and cable and the
EDTASM cartridge, and Drivewire 3 with OS-9 images runs on our G3
iMac, so assuming that talks to the CoCo, he's got room to grow for a
while. I suppose I should try to get Drivewire 4 running on the iMac
...
For reference:
http://www.cloud9tech.com/
Cassette recorder/cable (and many other goodies)
http://www.frontiernet.net/~mmarlette/Cloud-9/Software/DriveWire3.html
DriveWire 3, runs on the iMac but haven't tested communications yet
https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/
DriveWire 4, not running for me on Mac OS X.4
http://www.altex.com/F-Female-to-RCA-Male-Adapter-7530-P140726.aspx
Adapts channel 3 RF-encoded video from CoCo 2 RCA jack to "F" connector
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