[Coco] OS9 68K, MM/1 software and questions

[Nick Marentes]

On 29/12/2015 12:48 PM, Zippster wrote:
> Nick,
>
> No, they are not a CoCo4 for sure.  I got the impression from reading old articles
> and newsletters that it was a successor to the CoCo line only for those who were
> into OS9 on the CoCo.

> And yes, the remakes will be fairly expensive.  I don’t know for sure yet, but I’d guess around $250 for
> a set of three boards (CPU, I/O, and Minibus).  It can’t be helped, the IC’s alone are going to run
> ~ $120 for a set of boards. Not counting SIMMS for the IO board.  Then PCBs, passives, sockets, connectors, etc…

If the OS-9 68K is an improvement on 6809 OS-9, it would be intersting. 
Good to see how OS-9 evolved after Microware dropped the 6809 version.

I'd need to read some info on it to decide whether it's worth saving up for.

> My hope is that the project will go well, and will leave in it’s wake a nice archive with design files, software,
> a history put together from what can be scoured up.  A small, and hopefully somewhat complete testament
> to a rare and interesting machine and a piece of (in a way) Color Computer history.

Too bad there wasn't an emulator to make it run like a CoCo3

Nick