[Coco] CocoPi3 Update

tim franklinlabs.com tim at franklinlabs.com
Wed May 3 09:49:40 EDT 2017


   WOW! Sorry I missed that. I remember Brett's Fuzix but didn't catch you
   exhibit. I am old (and slightly blind). Any way you can post an image
   of the SD card? I have both Pi (B board) and a Pi 3. Would love to play
   with it a little.

     On May 3, 2017 at 8:34 AM Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

     Hi Tim,

     I was at CocoFEST and had a Raspberry Pi 3 running all weekend at
     the
     table right across from Allen. Brett Gordon was at an adjacent table
     running Fuzix. Brendan Donahe had his Coco 2 and VGA adapter at a
     table
     on the other side of mine . William Astle was behind me. In fact, I
     was handing out free 8GB SD cards with the CocoPi3 distribution on
     it.
     I only brought about 8 cards, but wanted to help get it into the
     hands
     of whoever might want it and didn't have an SD card there for me to
     copy
     it to.

     I did not have a sign or banner at my table. Perhaps a bit more
     marketing for next year's CocoFEST? :)

     Thanks

     On 05/03/2017 08:20 AM, tim franklinlabs.com wrote:

     OK, I'm a little confused here (normal for me). I know Allen had
     Roger
     Taylor's DE0 FPGA at his table. I never saw any Raspberry Pi. Not to
     say it wasn't there but the only Raspberry CoCo I saw was at Chris
     Hawks table. Am I mistaken??? Is a "CoCoPi 3" a CoCo running on a
     Raspberry Pi or is it something else???

     On May 3, 2017 at 8:01 AM Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

     Hi Ron,

     Allen Huffman brought one of those to CocoFEST. It's a really neat
     little device!

     We both talked about it and actually tried to get CocoPi3 up and
     running
     on it. The built-in display did not support a resolution of 640 x
     480
     (at least not that we could see). If it weren't for that, I bet it
     would have been fine.

     The CocoPi3 distribution forces a 640 x 480 resolution in order to
     maintain a decent level of emulation performance. For the Coco, 640
     x
     480 is actually more than adequate.

     I may try to test 1920 x 1080 again at some point as I do have other
     tweaks to help performance.

     Thanks

     On 05/03/2017 07:46 AM, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:

     It would be tempting to do this with pi-top...

     Sent from my iPhone

     On May 3, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

     Hi Dave,

     If it's a Raspberry Pi 3, yes. You would power it off, pull out the
     RetroPie SD card, replace it with this distribution (on another SD
     card) and then power it back up.

     It would be up to you to determine if you could merge the two into
     one. I've added programs and libraries from alternate repo's, so my
     guess is it would not work. RetroPie does have an older version of
     XRoar available and they do offer MAME, but no idea on what version
     and if it would have all the tweaks I've added.

     I encourage anyone to experiment -- lot's of talented people here
     with great ideas.

     Thanks

     -Ron

     On 05/03/2017 01:05 AM, Dave Regan wrote:
     Thanks Ron. Would it be able to be run from the same Raspberry Pi
     that has retropie and all my other emulators installed?

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     ________________________________
     From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Ron
     <ron at kdomain.org>
     Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 4:16:21 PM
     To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
     Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update

     Hi Dave,

     This is a complete ready-to-run distribution based on Raspbian as a
     base
     OS. Not RetroPie.

     Other than just adding the Coco ROMs, this is ready to go. You would
     copy the SD card image on to a micro SD card (8GB or higher). Class
     10
     recommended (for speed). It should boot right up.

     On 05/02/2017 06:05 PM, Dave Regan wrote:
     I'm getting a RP 3 to take with me when I travel so I can play a
     little in
     the hotel. Sorry for the newbie type question though, but is this
     something
     that works similar to RetroPie that you simply load onto the Pi and
     then
     load the dsk images into a particular subfolder and you're ready to
     go?

     On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Rietveld Rietveld
     <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
     wrote:

     Thanks. Right now I am running VCC using a little ATOM powered PC on
     a
     stick. It's pretty nice as its only a little bigger than a card
     reader but
     it is no where as cool as using the Pi.

     ,
     Original Message
     From: Ron
     Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 6:35 PM
     To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
     Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
     Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update

     I still need to check with Rick Adams, but would like to continue to
     have him host a copy of the SD card image as well as Simon Jonassen.

     The current links (for the old image and documentation) are:

     [1][1]http://rickadams.org/ronklein/
     [2][2]http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/

     I will also need to update the documentation to reflect all the
     changes.

     Thanks

     On 05/02/2017 05:27 PM, Rietveld Rietveld wrote:
     This looks incredible. How can I get a copy for my rasp pi?

     ,
     Original Message
     From: Michael Brant
     Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 6:19 PM
     To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
     Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
     Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update

     Cool making me really want a rasp pi 3.

     On May 2, 2017 4:34 PM, "Glen Hewlett" <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>
     wrote:

     Hi Ron,

     That's a lot of cool updates. I do appreciate all the effort you are
     putting into this SDimage. I think it will be very useful for anyone
     who
     wants to learn about the CoCo or someone who remembers playing with
     the
     CoCo many years ago and wants to give it a try again. The RPi3 is
     cheap
     and connects to any recent monitor/TV all you need is keyboard and
     your
     good to go in CoCo world. :)

     Personally using emulators is what got me back into the CoCo,
     luckily I
     still had some of my old CoCo hardware and I'm having a blast with
     it
     again.
     Cheers,
     Glen

     On May 2, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

     CocoPi3 - ChangeLog - May 2017

     CocoFEST 2017 was a trial run for the CocoPi3 distribution. I took
     some
     time to observe how others looked at it, used it, etc., and made
     some
     enhancements. Some are minor others are more significant. I've been
     learning quite a bit with this little project, but the best part has
     been
     some of the folks I've met and worked with along the way.
     * Quick refresh of some Raspbian packages (i.e. sudo apt-get update;
       sudo apt-get upgrade)
     * Updated GCC 6 (as part of Debian's bleeding edge "stretch" repo).
       GCC
       6 is required to compile MAME.
     * Pierre Sarrazin resolved an issue with the cmoc compiler for
       Raspbian. Fix already included with this update.
     * Updated MAME to the latest version (0.185)
     * Updated the Main Menu and included many new entries as well as
       updated
       existing ones (over double the options)!
     * Typing 'menu' from any prompt will return to main menu screen
     * Some menu options include additional informational screens/prompts
     * Option for booting Coco 3 with VCCEmuDisk hard drive image.
       Includes
       NitrOS9 & 255 virtual DECB disks with programs
     * Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into NitrOS9 using
       latest
       image from [3][3]http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
     * Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into Fuzix (via
       YA-DOS).
       Internet access provided via 'lwwire' daemon
     * Options still available for Coco 2 (MAME & XRoar) both with
       Drivewire
       support as well as booting into MC-10
     * Updated the scripts to start and stop the DriveWire, lwwire and
       emceed
       daemons from main menu
     * Edit Wifi configuration from main menu
     * Adjust RPi3 system volume from main menu (for HDMI and analog
       ports)
     * Run 'raspi-config' from main menu (resize file system, other
       administrative options)
     * Backup existing RPi3 installation to alternate SD card (i.e. clone
       entire SD card) from main menu
     * Reboot or shutdown RPi3 (safely) from main menu
     * IP address(es) on main menu screen. Includes for both WiFi and CAT6
     * System uptime information on main menu screen
     * Daemon status (DriveWire, lwwire and emceed) on main menu screen
     * Emceed server for hosting files to a real MC-10. Requires MCX-128
       expansion cartridge & serial to USB adapter
     * DriveWire can still be configured to host files for real Coco's as
       well. Same serial to USB adapter would be required
     * Added additional documentation in Samba share 'doc' folder
       (/media/share1/docs). This includes help with Bluetooth controllers
       Unfortunately, there's too many changes to just provide updated
       files
       for. As such, it will require downloading a new image. Going
       forward,
       I
       am working on a way to package updates (perhaps via a CocoPi3 repo
       for
       use
       with apt-get) to save time.
       I plan on recording a video demo of this new version soon and will
       send
       it off to Steve Strowbridge to add to his YouTube channel. I also
       need
       to
       work with Rick Adams and Simon Jonassen to see about replacing the
       older SD
       card image with this new one.
       Thanks!
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     References
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    2. [13]http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/
    3. [14]http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
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References

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   2. http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/
   3. http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
   4. https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
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  12. http://rickadams.org/ronklein/
  13. http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/
  14. http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
  15. https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
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