[Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 7:04 PM, RJLCyberPunk <cyberpunk at prtc.net> wrote:
> Perhaps a custom made to order market for Enthusiasts then? I'd just like
> something I can order and pick out of the box and use right there after
> perhaps installing batteries.
>
>

I will gladly arrange for this tablet to be produced, and even do some
of the work myself.

To start, I will need a deposit in escrow to cover the development
costs, labor costs, etc.
Compared to these, the components themselves are a tiny fraction, so
I'll take the risk on that, provided you can arrange the funding for
R&D.   We can produce as many or as few as you'd like to pay to
produce, no minimum order.  All specs are completely up to you, again,
provided you are willing to pay for their implementation.

-Aaron


>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Loguidice"
> <bill at armchairarcade.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?
>
>
>> Honestly, I thought you were joking... There's zero market for something
>> so
>> prohibitively expensive to develop. A few hundred active enthusiasts do
>> not
>> justify a major product like that. You'd have a hard time doing something
>> like that based off a much more popular classic platform like the C-64,
>> Apple II or Atari 8-bit, let alone a platform like the CoCo that few
>> people
>> even recall.
>>
>> With that said, there's no reason the FPGA idea can't be extended to
>> existing properties and products, and certainly mature emulation
>> implementations would be ideal for tablets and smartphones, particularly
>> since bluetooth keyboards and to a lesser degree, bluetooth controllers,
>> are
>> common.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:02 PM, RJLCyberPunk <cyberpunk at prtc.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I did ask if there are any entrepeneurs willing to try to do this for a
>>> reason, all I got is the idea, nothing more,I haven't got the resources
>>> to
>>> pull something like this but somebody or a group of entrepeneurs
>>> particularly in the FPGA CoCo project could potentially adopt it.
>>>
>>> I for one would love to unpack such a brand new CoCo and start playing
>>> with
>>> it right out of the box (After installing the batteries off course) :D
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Pittel" <fwp at deepthought.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:09 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Sounds like a plan!! Let us know when you have something to alpha test.
>>>>
>>>> The Other Frank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 04:09:58PM -0400, RJLCyberPunk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Seeing the new Tablets on the market and how revolutionary they are.
>>>>> Why
>>>>> not make the Next generation color computer a Tablet instead of relying
>>>>> on
>>>>> PC arquitecture? Could it be done with FPGA hardware and made into a
>>>>> machine
>>>>> that can be sold on the market? A lot of people have asked what makes a
>>>>> CoCo
>>>>> a CoCo. Well a CoCo has to be able to run CoCo software with no
>>>>> problems and
>>>>> has to have the feel of a real computer which an emulator while good it
>>>>> cannot bring and the Tablet design can bring that back in 21st century
>>>>> format but we should also move the CoCo into the next century
>>>>> softwarewise
>>>>> so it should have built in apllcations that run from an Eprom and can
>>>>> be
>>>>> updated through the internet such as Word processing, Worksheet etc and
>>>>> it
>>>>> goes without saying that it must be able to browse the internet as well
>>>>>
>>>>> To Recap:
>>>>>
>>>>> It should have at least a maximum resolution of 800x600 if not more.
>>>>>
>>>>> It should have complete backward compatibility with CoCo software.
>>>>>
>>>>> It should have built in applications including an enhanced version of
>>>>> BASIC with a compiler.
>>>>>
>>>>> It should be able to handle old cartridges in an adressable manner,
>>>>> safely without damaging the data bus which was a problem the CoCo had
>>>>> and
>>>>> shouldn't
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Online version of games like Ghana Bwana, Zaxxon you name it could be
>>>>> developed afterward. Imagine the rafe over such fresh new games that
>>>>> people
>>>>> can play online!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well what do you guys think? Any Entrepeneurs willing to take the CoCo
>>>>> to
>>>>> the next level once and for all? I know this the world needs a next
>>>>> generation Color Computer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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