[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Is this a discussion about a new Coco?

[Mark Marlette]

At 04:04 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote:

Roger,

We did a ton of research and yes there are cheaper solutions out there. We 
chose Connect One's solution. We feel that it is the best approach for many 
reasons.

SuperBoard's will be available after the original investor's boards are 
delivered. There will be plent to go around. The response at this last 
CoCoFEST! was GREAT.

I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed this last fest. New faces were 
present and that is GREAT. Joe B., William A. just to name a few. Some 
people drove 2,000 miles to get there. AWESOME!!!! If you missed it, please 
plan to attend this next year, they are doing it again.

SuperIDE is a GREAT product! :) Good luck.

Mark




>Rumor has it that Mark Marlette may have mentioned these words:
>
>[snippage]
>
>>I'll take as many of the SuperBoard's that you can make for under $100, 
>>that includes all of the options, including the Ethernet. The Ethernet 
>>chip alone costs well over $65...
>
>[snippety-doo-dah]
>
>There are a lot of Ethernet chips that are way under the $10/chip range 
>(like the RealTek 8139) - they'd have to be to offer a $9.99 PCI Ethernet 
>card. So some people may wonder why the Superboard can't be based on one 
>of these chips...
>
>... The reason: These chips would be more accurately called "WinEthernet" 
>chips, along the same lines of "WinModem" chips - the host processor does 
>*all* of the work; the chip is just a basic "bridge" to the interface. The 
>6809/6309 could never keep up if it had to do all the work; especially at 
>Ethernet speeds - so the design would have to be centered around a chip 
>that does all the work itself - these chips are much more expensive.
>
>If I had the money (and if preorders were still available) I'd be happy to 
>pay $300ish for a Superboard (I would probably forgo a few other options 
>to make sure I got Ethernet) but alas, at this time I don't. I *almost* 
>have my wife talked into a SuperIDE (I'm pushing for 2, tho ;-) -- I think 
>her new couch might help that argument, tho...
>;-)
>
>Hopefully, a happy wife might make a happy husband... and trickle-down to 
>making a happy CoCo!
>
>That's my $0.00000000000000002,
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
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