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

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Tue Jan 31 11:10:06 EST 2006


Mike 

That setup will run no faster than one 6309, unless you rewrite the OS to 
handle multiprocessors. 

Nice idea of using multiple processors. Currently there is no OS to support 
multiple 6x09 processors that I know of.  If one did exist then  splitting taks 
up between them would be nice. 

Then I could put three 6809 cores into one 1 million gate FPGA and  have a 
real nice system running at about 20 MHz to 30 MHz. 

james


On 31 Jan 2006 at 10:48, Mike Pepe wrote:

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> That's an interesting idea, but my vision would be kind of different.
> 
> Expanding the CoCo 3 is great, but overall seems kind of pointless to 
> me. They're not rare, and we have to deal with lots of inherent limitations.
> 
> I'm kind of kicking around a design that incorporates 3 6309 cpu's 
> running at 3.58MHz and a VGA-resolution framebuffer. Imagine that sucker 
> running Nitros9.
> 
> would be nice to have time to prototype something like that.
> 
> -Mike





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