Re: PCFSRV V2.5

Peter Howard via Coco <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:34:35 +1100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.hardware.tandy.coco
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Can you dump the contents of the Arduino?  There might be something
interesting in there.  From the names used I am guessing it would be
some sort of drivewire-like fileserver (using an SD card).

I wouldn't be that hopeful but worth a try.

Peter

On Thu, 2026-03-19 at 12:49 -0400, Bill Gunshannon via Coco 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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