[Coco] Coco4?

[Bob Devries]

Hi Mike,

You said:
> As an aside, OMG, I can't believe Bob Devries is talking to me.

Hehe, really, I'm fairly friendly :P, and I don't bite (much).

I think that producing a Disto SCII work-alike wouldn't be too difficult, 
and the 4-in-1 could be "hacked" to accept SD cards and "fix" its serial 
port. The SCSI part of the 4-in-1 seems to be fairly solid, and I haven't 
had a lot of problems with the RTC.

Maybe someone can come up with a single PCB design to include all that?

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco4?


> Thanks for the reply Bob.  Please don't think I'm a smartass when I say
> "where can I buy a Disto SC2?".  I already knew about the Disto controller
> and wanted one back in the day.  Sadly, being married and bringing up a
> family and paying a mortgage and keeping 2 cars on the road left me little
> money to invest in my hobby back then.  What I was wishing for is a modern
> version, without having to plug in a 4-in-1 card.  As an aside, OMG, I
> can't believe Bob Devries is talking to me.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> The Disto Super controller 2 with 4-in-1 board supplies all that and 
>> more.
>>
>> The SCII is a no-halt controller with an accessory bus into which can be
>> plugged the 4-in-1 card which has an RTC, a serial port, a parallel port,
>> and a SCSI port, all inside the one cartridge.
>>
>> I have this setup, and it works well for me.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 11:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco4?
>>
>>
>>
>>  My wish for a Coco 4 is a Coco 3 with a single cartridge with the floppy
>>> controller and a hard drive controller (or flash drive) and a real 
>>> serial
>>> port.  Thats all.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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