[Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?

[Steve Bjork]

The CoCo4.com project was both hardware and software emulation.

First was the pure software emulator that run on the PC.  If you wanted 
a free CoCo4 system you could just stop there.

For those what wanted bit more of the REAL CoCo experience, there was 
the I/O interface board that would connect your old CoCo hardware to the 
PC via USB.  Plug in a Floppy Controller and read and write Disks. Plug 
in a game Pak and play it just like the good old days.  The unit was 
designed to mount inside a CoCo 3 case with ports for the Joysticks, 
serial and even the keyboard to make it work just like a CoCo 3.

Steve Bjork

On 11/24/2010 5:45 PM, Steve Batson wrote:
> I do understand the need to occasionally drop some compatibility to move
> ahead, but I still think that if you drop too much for  the CoCo, you don't
> have a CoCo any more (which a lot of people complain about it not feeling
> like a CoCo anymore if you do such and such ). You just have a new system
> that's like it with no software. This is one of the reasons I'm a big fan
> of the Emulation method. You can have full compatiblity with all previous
> systems even if you have to have a special mode for some of them, but you
> can move forward too.
>
> How about a Hardware / Software Emulator Hibrid? That would allow a more
> poweful system to be designed with new parts and much faster speeds. Then
> maybe the new CoCo OS with built in emulation for the older systems. Maybe
> even make it automatic so the system detects what is being run and adjusts
> accordingly to run the software.
>
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