Interfacing to a CoCo II with a terminal

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From: Alan Whitton
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1986 12:08

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Hello,

I have just noticed that Radio Shack has finally brought the price of the
Colour Computer's 0 drive down to a reasonable level, but now I am wondering if
it is worth buying it at all. The video interface to the CoCo really is not
what I want, though I would not mind keeping it for its graphics abilities.

My question is this: is it possible to somehow connect a plain alphanumeric 
terminal to the CoCo II in any way? I would guess that OS-9 would make it easier
but I would like to hear from anyone who would have even a guess as to whether
this was possible. It seems another serial port is needed, but how would this
be done?

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					      alan

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Subject: Interfacing to a CoCo II with a terminal
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Date: Wed, 2-Jul-86 08:08:56 EDT
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