[Coco] COCO FPGA

[Mark McDougall]

On 24/12/2011 1:13 PM, John Orwen wrote:

> If it has flash rom that will replace cartridges , has a slot for for a
> tiny camera size SDHC card into to store files on,

Using flash for emulating cartridges is a PITA IMHO. If you have an SD 
connected for floppy/IDE emulation, then you may as well add an option to 
use it for emulating cartridges as well. Maybe a small 'boot' flash for your 
DOS, but game cartridges could be seeded in RAM from SD card...

> I know first hand that Drivewire will go well into the future.

Personally I don't like DriveWire because it doesn't work with software that 
accesses the disk hardware directly. That's not to take anything away from 
it, though...

> As soon as the CCoco3 FPGA is released for sale by someone, I will be one of
> the first in line to get one. I am hoping that all one will have to do is
> connect it to the PC, connect a monitor a Joystick , a power supply and a PC
> type keyboard and download the roms and drivewire right into it.

As others mentioned previously, it is more likely to comprise custom 
firmware on a 3rd party development board, like the DE1, than anything 
developed for the Coco in particular. There is another board that is being 
developed specifically for housing in PC-type enclosures, called the 
'Replay' by MikeJ @fpgaarcade.com. Perhaps someone will port Gary's 
Coco3FPGA to that?

Regards,

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