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

[Little John]

Thanks man - I thought that thing was useless - i bought it for mother back 
years ago - finally bought her a PC :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Compaq IA-1 w/CoCo emulation 2GB CF card


> At 07:03 PM 9/24/2010, you wrote:
>>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?
>
> Yes, but you'll have to do the web searching since I don't have time to 
> chat about it now, but if I did it, anybody can do it.  First you have to 
> determine if the unit can be upgraded (don't worry, the case doesn't have 
> to be cracked open that I'm aware of - I didn't for mine), then just get 
> your stuff on it via a CF card.  This will replace the MSN browser with an 
> OS of your choice if compatible.
>
>
>
>
>
>>----- 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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