Re: PCFSRV V2.5

Did you try listing the program when it went back to the OK prompt? As I
recall, basic programs are not unreadable. Even if they're not saved in
ASCII, they are still listable once they're loaded. Maybe from that you can
figure out what's going on?

Wayne



On Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 9:50 AM Bill Gunshannon via Coco <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Anybody here know anything about this?  I picked it up on eBay quite
> some time ago and only recently decided to see what it does.
> It consists of an Arduino screwed down to a piece of wood with a screen
> plate mounted and has a cable attached that plugs into the serial port
> on the COCO.  When powered up the screen says: "SD SRV V2.5 11/15"
>
> It came with a tape labeled:
>         "PCFSRV V2.5
>           CLOAD-RUN
>        J. Hieber 6/2017"
>
> I tried the tape.  It loads a basic program with a help menu
> and then asks if you want to copy the tape or load.  If I type
> "L" as instructed it goes back to the OK prompt and does nothing.
> I tried it on both a COCO 2 and a COCO 3 with the same results.
>
> I suspect it is useless (which is probably why it was for sale
> on eBay) but I am curious about what it was supposed to be.
> would even be better if the creator was around and willing to
> make the software source code available just out of curiosity.
>
> I guess, if nothing else, I got another Arduino to play with.
>
> bill
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