[Coco] VCC is a Windows program Re: VCC + wish list

John Donaldson johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jun 4 16:16:05 EDT 2009


 There is a form of WinXP called "Embedded XP". It allows you to create 
a WinXP with application program that only has those elements need to 
run. Used in a lot of Point-of-Sale Terminals. Could be used to make a 
COCO3 emulator that will boot direct into the emulator.

John Donaldson


Frank Swygert wrote:
> Heck, I got it mixed up with Jeff Vavasour's emulator... at least I 
> think that's the DOS based one...
> But, with VCC I guess Windows could be stripped down to minimal 
> functionality. It's not easy, but there used to be a website on how to 
> do just that. A nice little VB menu program would then do the trick. 
> What you'd end up with is an emulator that would be similar to your 
> "CC4" project -- minus the hardware side.
> ---------
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:51:17 -0700
> From: Steve Bjork <6809er at bjork-huffman.net>
>
> Frank,
>
> VCC IS a windows program and uses DirectX 8.0 or later.  That's in the 
> first line of text about the VCC on the home page.  I don't know how 
> you missed it.
>


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