[Coco] [color computer] Just imagining...

[George Ramsower]

I was just wondering..

 These new programmable chips are so fast and powerful today, it's just 
amazing!

 Could a really fast one be able to(with good, tight coding) monitor the CPU 
in a coco, understand what it was trying to do(such as in RS-BASIC) and 
produce the info to (for example) run a graphics card? This wouldn't be an 
issue with software if we were running RS-Basic on a coco.
 No COCO software required! The plug-in card with powerful chips could 
interpret and display what was intended for a TV without interfering with 
the COCO!


  It seems that a certain group of instructions, in a particular order would 
be needed to operate the gime chip, for example.
  If the CPLD or whatever the newest, fastest chips are available could 
monitor the instructions being processed, a routine could catch it and 
create whatever things need to happen.

  This may be far-fetched to the point of impossible, but what do I know?  I 
only write basic09 programs on a stock coco.... good enough for me.

  I'm sure in OS-9, a driver would be a great go-between.

  OS-9 is MY thing.


 George R 



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