[Coco] CoCo Progression...

[David Gacke]

It think Bob has touched on one of the key reasons of why I like my
CoCo. It comes on in a few seconds.

To be honest, I don't like Nitros/OS-9 that much because it's too much
like my REAL computer.

The CoCo was my "toy" when I was a kid. To be honest, I'd like it to
stay my "toy." I "play" with it. I don't use it for real work. Work is
no fun. I have other tools for that.

One of the ways I see the CoCo could advance is via a hybrid emulator
perhaps.  Emulate the CPU with a small ARM or something, then attach an
FPGA to act like the REAL hardware in the rest of the system, instead of
trying to emulate it all. This way you could keep the boot time down, it
would be fast, since there's real hardware there and it's not being
emulated, plus the wish list of features like USB, etc. could actually
be implemented.

I've been looking at this board for the task, but for me it's a matter
of "Too many projects and not enough time." Already.

Anyway, check out http://www.armoid.com for a neat little board.

With this attached to an IO board, you should be able to do the job.



Dave




-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Robert Emery
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:02 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Progression...

> > 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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