[Coco] [color computer] Just imagining...

[Robert Gault]

Reads like you were describing one of the current emulators. :)

George Ramsower wrote:
> I was just wondering..
> 
>  These new programmable chips are so fast and powerful today, it's just 
> amazing!
> 
>  Could a really fast one be able to(with good, tight coding) monitor the CPU 
> in a coco, understand what it was trying to do(such as in RS-BASIC) and 
> produce the info to (for example) run a graphics card? This wouldn't be an 
> issue with software if we were running RS-Basic on a coco.
>  No COCO software required! The plug-in card with powerful chips could 
> interpret and display what was intended for a TV without interfering with 
> the COCO!
> 
> 
>   It seems that a certain group of instructions, in a particular order would 
> be needed to operate the gime chip, for example.
>   If the CPLD or whatever the newest, fastest chips are available could 
> monitor the instructions being processed, a routine could catch it and 
> create whatever things need to happen.
> 
>   This may be far-fetched to the point of impossible, but what do I know?  I 
> only write basic09 programs on a stock coco.... good enough for me.
> 
>   I'm sure in OS-9, a driver would be a great go-between.
> 
>   OS-9 is MY thing.
> 
> 
>  George R 
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