[Coco] CoCo Progression...

[Robert Emery]

> > Over the years people have repackaged thier CoCo's into PC Cases, 
> > installed enhanced keyboards, etc. I don't see how that can feel any 
> > more like the vintage coco than an emulator on a PC using the same 
> > keyboard.
> 
> 
> And you're right - browsing the web with a CoCo packed into a PC case with 
> an ethernet card and a IDE harddisk running on a 19" RGB monitor is blurring 
> the line between 'real metal' and a PC emulation - but it's fun for 
> different reasons!
> 
> > Technically, there is no reason a CoCo Emulator could not be designed to 
> > be 100% compatible with the coco as powerful as today's computers are. 
> 
For me, one of the coolest things about the CoCo is something no emulator will
ever be able to do... Powerup to programming in 2 seconds. Today's gigahertz
computers with gigs of ram can barely even do a POST by the time I'm playing
Zaxxon.

Bob

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