[Coco] [Color Computer] Complete Commodore 64 home computer on a single chip

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Having looked at the whole software in the Coco3, there is a reality 
that it could be rewritten and significantly changed that it no longer 
is recognizable as a Microsoft Porduct. 

james


On 22 Dec 2004 at 11:19, James C. Hrubik, Sr. wrote:

Date sent:      	Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:19:40 -0500
Subject:        	Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Complete 
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	single chip
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> Interesting idea about RS getting involved, but a bigger question is
> whether Big Willie would want a share of the take for MS - don't
> forget the BASIC ROMs!
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 10:48  AM, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:23 AM, Neil Morrison wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> FYI
> >>
> >> "Jeri Ellsworth has squeezed the entire circuitry of a
> >> two-decade-old Commodore 64 home computer onto a single chip, which
> >> she has tucked neatly into a joystick that connects by a cable to a
> >> TV set. Called the Commodore 64--the same as the computer
> >> system--her device can run 30 video games, mostly sports, racing
> >> and puzzles games from the early 1980s, all without the hassle of
> >> changing game cartridges.
> >
> > This is certainly becoming a trend, isn't it.  I've noticed lately
> > that there is a groundswell of interest in retro-computing and the
> > mainstream press is starting to pick up on this phenomenon.  It's no
> > surprise that the Commodore 64 is the main beneficiary of this
> > attention, since it has the most name recognition and appears to be
> > the main computer that everyone thinks of when focusing on the 80s
> > home computer age.  I suspect that in the not too distant future,
> > other classic home computers like ours will be garnering some
> > national media attention as well.
> >
> > Actually, her idea of putting a Commodore 64 inside of a joystick
> > isn't too far-fetched for a CoCo.  Though I wonder what sales would
> > be like of such a device, and if Radio Shack would consider doing
> > something like that.
> >
> > Boisy
> >
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