[Coco] The BIGGEST PROBLEM with (So-Called) NEW CoCo Hardware...

[Allen Huffman]

> On Mar 5, 2017, at 10:32 AM, Stephen Pereira <spereira1952 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I also have the PiDP-8 from Oscar V. and he provides a stripped down version of the Linux OS that boots up, establishes WiFi connection and starts SimH with the PDP-8 simulator running in well under 10 seconds.  So, it can be done.

Still a lifetime compared to how fast the CoCo boots. :)

Ten seconds might not be bad. Imagine if the SDC had to make us wait ten seconds every time we booted before we could boot OS-9 or type DIR.

BUT! Since we could do this for $10 plus a case, cheap USB cell phone charger, and some interface circuits, I think we could sell hundreds of them.

I will be working on my version of this, actually.