[Coco] Today, I have seen the CoCo 4...

[Becker, Gary]

I now have both boards. I do not have a strong preference for either. I really like the feature set of the DE1. But I am still doing most of my original testing with the Xilinx board. When I get time and to develop an IO board with the additional serial port and Joystick interface, I might switch over to the DE1. I just wish it had a little more SRAM.

I have not released the code for the DE1 because it is still pretty rough and I do not have any documentation. But I will start posting the precompiled version to the Yahoo Group this weekend. I will try to update it every week or two until the official release.

Gary

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From: Jim Hathaway [kg4knb at hat3.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:24 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Today, I have seen the CoCo 4...

Mark,

I plan on ordering the DE1 this weekend. Is there some reason I would
be better off with the Xilinx board?

Thanks,

Jim

On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, Mark Marlette <mmarlette at frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Do you have a DE1 or the Xilinx board?
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hathaway" <kg4knb at hat3.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:39:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Today, I have seen the CoCo 4...
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com> wrote:
>
>> ... thanks to Gary Becker's awesome work, the Altera DE1 board that I have
>> is running a CoCo 3 in an FPGA at up to 25MHz.  Booting into NitrOS-9 using
>> the DriveWire server is fast and works like a charm.  There is additional
>> work being done on the DriveWire support front.  In any case, this is as
>> close to a real CoCo as you can get.
>> --
>> Boisy G. Pitre
>> http://www.tee-boy.com/
>>
>>
>>
> Boisy,
>
> Has Gary released the code for the DE1 for anyone to download and try or do
> you need to get the latest code from him directly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Hathaway
> Web: http://hat3.net
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