[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] CoCo video?

[Ward Griffiths]

On 01/30/2006 01:00 am, Neil Morrison wrote:
> I know everyone has their own idea about 'expanding' the Coco. I still like
> the idea of an expansion interface, like the old Model I, that sits under
> the monitor. I see a fast processor with a meg of ram and all the I/O you
> want, HD, FD, maybe even a USB. It would connect to the Coco via a cable
> and a connector in the ROMPak slot and would use the Coco for keyboard,
> video, and cassette say, but would do all the heavy processing. Good place
> to use a DMA and maybe a meg of ROM for OS-9 or whatever.

Back in the early days of the Color Computer when I was in my first year as a 
Shack instructor/CSR, what I imagined as an expansion interface for the 
machine was a unit with the same profile as the Coco, plugging into the side 
port and having a numeric pad, floppy controller, parallel port and further 
bus extension.  I was quite disappointed with the ugliness of the Multi-Pak 
interface when it eventually showed up.  But Fort Worth didn't ask advice 
from RSCC folks who actually did the retail stuff like sales and support.
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