[Coco] The evolution of the Coco..

[James C. Hrubik, Sr.]

Great ideas, guys.  Nick, I would say at this point that once you start 
going to this trouble, the use of a PS/2 style keyboard is holding on 
to the PC past a bit much, when it appears that a USB interface for the 
machine is doable.  All you might need is a bank of 4-8 USB ports on 
the front (or back) of the "pizza box" ( plus a DB-15 for a monitor, 
maybe) (plus a card-edge slot for the ROM carts, maybe?)... and run the 
keyboard/mouse/external drives/etc. off USB.  One USB port might 
actually do it, if an external expander was plugged in for the add-ons.

It's just that if you use the PC hardware with a "CoCo" heart, the 
possibilities may be wider than we've dreamed before. ( Start playing 
the Star Trek theme...)

On Saturday, April 23, 2005, at 06:23  AM, Nickolas Marentes wrote:

> Maybe it best to limit the initial development to work as a CoCo3 with 
> the
> option of running at a MUCH faster clock speed  and VGA output in a 
> "pizza
> box" case with a detachable PS/2 keyboard.
>
> Next, the CoCo community would decide what features a CoCo4 should 
> have and
> these can then be added to the CoCo3 emulation and create a CoCo4 that 
> is
> backward compatible with the CoCo3.
>
>>> STEVE BJORK:
>>> But a Nano-ATX (like the one I talk about) would fit better in a 
>>> coco3
>>> case. (Most Micro-ATX boards are too wide.)
>
> I haven't had a good look at a Nano-ATX board yet. They're not as 
> common and
> cost more. Nano-ATX would be better as far as fitting it into a CoCo3 
> case.
> I personally like the idea of taking a Micro-ATX case and have the 
> front
> plastic front recreated with a unique CoCo4 design.


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