[Coco] Retro computer, somewhat similar to CC1/MC-10.

[Phill Harvey-Smith]

Frank Swygert wrote:
> Anyone seen one of these things: http://www.multilabs.net/Retro.html
> It's a 32K built-in BASIC computer with a native 40 x 30 Text screen, 
> 320 x 240 Pixel graphics, 64 Colors. Very reminiscent of the CoCo 1! 
> Well, maybe more like a more powerful MC-10. The only removable storage 
> is an 8 pin DIP socket for EEPROMs up to a 24LC512 (512K?). An SD card 
> slot or some other more easily portable device would have been better, 
> but you can program the EEPROM and use the thing as a controller, but 
> then you could do that with an SD also.
> 
> No mention of what processor is used, only that it's an 8-bit. 

 From the expansion port and the description of the address space, I 
think it's probably a Havard archetecture microcontroler, something like 
an AVR or a PIC or something similar.

Wish they sold the VGA chips sepeeratly, would be cool to interface one 
of those to a CoCo.

Cheers.

Phill.

-- 
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !

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