[Coco] Compaq IA-1 w/CoCo emulation 2GB CF card

[Little John]

Roger, is this that thing that came with MSN internet? I think I have one of 
those in a closet. Are there online instructions on how to turn it into a 
machine like you have?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 6:31 PM
Subject: [Coco] Compaq IA-1 w/CoCo emulation 2GB CF card


>I am letting my prize-find Compaq IA-1 appliance/PC go for the highest 
>offer which includes the 2GB CF card that boots straight to the Keil CoCo 3 
>emulator.  Any other MS-DOS based CoCo emulator can be launched instead, 
>but I have it set up as such.  You can also exit to MS-DOS, or remove the 
>Flash card and boot to Midori Linux which can also be replaced by any other 
>lite Linux .img compatible.  There are several blends of IA-1 compatible 
>Linux builds and I just went with Midori because it looked the best at the 
>time.  Some have installed Windows 98 on their IA-1.
>
> The unit is very compact and it uses a wireless keyboard.  I'ved tried 
> lots of vintage system emulators like the other Keil emulators, so there's 
> lots of ways to use this as a compact multi-emulator or whatever you want 
> to do with it.  I'll hate to see it go, but I need the funds more than the 
> unit at this time.  The lowest offer accepted will be $150.  Currently 
> there are none listed on ebay which is odd because there are usually some 
> listed.  If no offer is made by tomorrow night, I'll list it on ebay.
>
> I only have read that some can be upgraded and some can't.  This IS the 
> upgradeable version!  You can flash the internal memory or boot from a CF 
> card.
>
> Here are some pics that google has compiled.  Somehow they listed my own 
> pic from coco3.com showing my son playing Mary and the Bees on the unit.
>
> http://www.google.com/images?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_enUS389US389&q=compaq+ia-1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=-DKdTNzVH8KC8gb7q5WhDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQsAQwAw&biw=1600&bih=733
>
> I encourage anyone interested to google up all they can on the IA-1 and 
> see how neat this thing is.  It would make a good recipe terminal in the 
> kitchen or
>
> This is just one of many sites showing what people are doing with their 
> IA-1.
> http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowBoard&Board=CIA
>
> http://linux.boeldt.net/IA-1_Description.asp
> -- 
> ~ Roger Taylor
>
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