[Coco] CoCo 4 - the dream continues...

[jdaggett at gate.net]

As for a market as a desktop machine there probably would not be 
a large  market for such a product. IMHO the market would be less 
than a 1,000 units. 

A Coco 4 has more an appeal to those with a flair for nostalgia. I 
would think there would be a larger market if a board could be made 
small enough to be used in embedded projects. 


james

On 24 Jun 2006 at 7:09, Bert & Peggy Schneider wrote:

> I know it would be great to have a CoCo 4 - but has anyone does a market
> survey to find out the size of the market that would warrant the
> development, production, and distribution of such a system?  Looking at
> the problem from a business angle, I bet there is a big market out there
> for a multi-platform (hardware emulator) for ALL old 8 bit systems.
> Think about all of the baby boomers who have disposable income now that
> bought the CoCo or other 8 bit systems as an older adult in the early
> 80s.  They are now in retirement, and want a little piece of nostalgia.
> The problem with this business model is that if there are any game
> cartridges, disks, and cassettes with software out there - it is
> probably limited.
> 
> Bert
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On Behalf Of Fedor Steeman
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:22 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] CoCo 4 - the dream continues...
> 
> Just expanding a bit on SockMaster's excellent idea for a CoCo4 (
> http://www.axess.com/twilight/sock/cocofile/coco4.html)...
> 
> Would it be possible to stick only 2 6309 4Mhz cards on the 16 Mhz main
> board and have the other two slots occupied by a single graphics card
> running at 8Mhz, and sporting, say, a HD63484? Now then you would have
> some
> awesome graphics capabilities!
> 
> I am sorry, just me daydreaming... ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Fedor
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