[Coco] CoCo emulation on a Compaq Internet Appliance?

[Joef6809]

Just bought the one on Ebay. didn't get as nice a deal as you did but hey. 
>From what I've been reading its not CE but I could be wrong, when I get it 
I'll figure it out. There IS an older verison of VCC called POCO that was 
Windows CE but I haven't worked on it in a while. If it is CE guess whats 
getting pulled out or "retirement". Anyway when toys and time arrive I'll 
post something.
Frankly though with only 266Mhz to play with I'm thinking Keil's emulator 
would probably do a better job than VCC assuming it can boot dos. On the 
other hand an AMD 266 would be a socket 7 CPU with a 4X multiplyer. Might be 
upgradable If not to the full 100Mhz FSB at least an 83 Mhz overclock. Or 
perhaps a higher Multiplyer if the board really won't go higher that 66. 
Never seen one yet though. Again I'll need to muck around and let you know.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo emulation on a Compaq Internet Appliance?


> At 10:42 PM 10/21/2007, you wrote:
>>I had one of those. I used a 64 MB CF card as HD.
>>Booted DOS, and loaded ... I believe it was JV's emulator.
>>The lack of function keys (and some others) in the IR keyboard can be a 
>>factor, but ...
>>Can be used, and takes a lot less room than an extra PC for emulation.... 
>>and old DOS games :-)
>>
>>Diego
>>
>>PS remember to setup the "BLASTER" variable in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
>
>
>
> Man, that is good news.  Why didn't you announce this to the group, as 
> it's an amazing trick and probably the coolest compact computer device 
> ever to pretend to be a CoCo.  This thing has only one cord (the power 
> cord).
>
> The display is also 800x600 which makes it ideal.  If Keil's or JVC's 
> emulator can be reassembled to handle the USB ports or some kind of 
> CompactFlash-to-IDE adaptor, maybe more is possible.  I'm just guessing at 
> all this right now.  Anyway, with a larger CF card, maybe even a 1g, 4g, 
> or 8g, it can be filled with CoCo disk, tape, and ROM Pak image with 
> plenty to spare... or better yet... NitrOS-9 ?!  After all, what hardware 
> ports are needed anyway when the disks, tapes, and ROM Paks are on the CF 
> card...  ah, joysticks... and that's where maybe USB support might be 
> needed.  Other than that, it should make a good self-contained CoCo box.
>
> I might get with you when I obtain a CF card soon in case I can't get the 
> system to boot from it.  I see some BIOS settings for Drive A, Drive C, 
> and some IDE settines.
>
> I tried to plug my USB mouse in the back, and it worked right then... no 
> driver problems or complaining.  I'm sure my USB keyboard would work as 
> well, which should have all of what Keil's emulator needs?
>
> I'd rather put a small copy of Linux on it and play around first, but for 
> the CoCo emulation I'd like to try the VCC emulator if it will run from 
> Windows (CE?).  I think maybe because the model # starts with CE that it 
> might be running the small Windows CE version.  I'm not sure what can be 
> done with that.
>
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