If you always wanted to find a useful way to share space on your PC hard drive with your CoCo, then you will love DriveWire 3/4. DriveWire 3 turns your PC into a full file server for your CoCo under Disk BASIC or NitrOS-9. With 38,400 bits per second achievable on a CoCo 1, a fast 57,600 bits per second on a CoCo 2 and a blazing 115,200 bits per second on a CoCo 3, you will never use a floppy disk again. The best part is that no additional hardware is needed. Simply plug one end of the DriveWire cable into the CoCo's built-in RS-232 port, and the other end into your PC serial port. Install the accompanying software and your personal computer's hard drive is your CoCo's to use! Standard Features
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Server compatibility | CoCoNet | DriveWie 3 | DriveWire 4 |
Compatible with Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Compatible with Mac OS X | No | Yes | Yes |
Compatible with Linux | No | Yes | Yes |
Capabilities provided to CoCo | CoCoNet | DriveWie 3 | DriveWire 4 |
Basic disk drive support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TCP/IP networking | No | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Run web server on CoCo | No | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Telnet into CoCo | Yes | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Virtual modems/telnet out of CoCo | Yes | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Basic text printing | No | Yes | Yes |
Virtual dot matrix printing | No | No | Yes |
Real time clock | No | Yes | Yes |
MIDI playback on local PC | No | No | NitrOS-9 only |
MIDI passthrough to external synths | No | No | NitrOS-9 only |
Sever features | CoCoNet | DriveWie 3 | DriveWire 4 |
Bitbanger connections | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6551 connections | Yes | Very limited | Very limited |
Bluetooth connections | Yes, with adapter or via wireless pak | Yes, with adapter | Yes, with adapter |
TCP/IP connections | No | No | Yes |
Multiple CoCo support | No | Yes | Yes |
GUI interface | No | Yes | Yes |
Remote GUI support | No | No | Yes |
Supports .DSK files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Supports .DMK files | No | No | Yes |
Supports multi DSK images, load offsets, range limits and other advanced file options | No | No | Yes |
Supports loading all drives together in one operation as a set | No | No | Yes |
Load disks over HTTP | Yes | No | Yes |
Load disks over FTP | Yes | No | Yes |
Load disks over SSh, CIFS, WebDAV, etc | No? | No | Yes |
Write changes back to network disks | No? | No | Yes |
Controllable from CoCo side | BASIC only | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Supports copying individual fiels directly from server to CoCo drive | BASIC only | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Supports copying individual files directly from Internet to CoCo drive | BASIC only | No | NitrOS-9 now, BASIC soon |
Performance | CoCoNet | DriveWie 3 | DriveWire 4 |
Time to copy one disk to another (115k)* | 82 seconds | 36 seconds | 35.2 seconds |
Time to copy one disk to another (230k) | NA | NA | 20.6 seconds |
Time to load Donkey Kong (115k) | 30.4 seconds | 29.9 seconds | 28.7 seconds |
Time to load Donkey Kong (230k) | NA | NA | 22.3 seconds |
* For reference: floppy disk time for BACKUP 0 TO 1 is 88 seconds; for loading Donkey Kong is 47 seconds
Free Downloads |
DriveWire4 Project (Download here) |
DriveWire HDB-DOS and DW3DOS ROM Images, cassette files and track files (Download here) |
NitrOS-9 DriveWire Images for CoCo 1, CoCo 2 and CoCo 3 (Download here) |
DriveWire3 MacServer for Mac OS X (requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher) (Download here) |
DriveWire3 WinServer for Windows (requires Windows 98 or higher) (Download here) |
Related Products | |
Product |
Cost
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DriveWire3/4 Serial Cable (4 pin DIN to DB-9) | $16 + s/h |
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