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

[RJLCyberPunk]

That would require additional hardware for the video circuitry and would 
raise the price that much higher. I think they should stick to the original 
idea of an FPGA device that can be attached via USB to a PC or  Mac.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jorge Renato Machin Ibarra" <jorge_machin at hotmail.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?


>
> I don't want a USB device that you plug to a PC or Mac. I want a color 
> computer that uses memory cards or USB memory cards as a alternative to 
> hard disks. Something like SuperIDE Interface or MicroSD Drive Pak.
>
> Sorry for my bad english.
>
> Jorge Machin
>
>> From: cyberpunk at prtc.net
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:17:40 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a 
>> minimum?
>>
>> If It's going to be a USB device that you plug to a PC or Mac. is going 
>> to
>> need to run on either system at least partially that's a given just FYI.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jorge Renato Machin Ibarra" <jorge_machin at hotmail.com>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a 
>> minimum?
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I am one of the few persons who don't want a new coco 4 as a "new kind 
>> > of
>> > beast" because the machines I love are the original color computers. 
>> > What
>> > I want it's a modern way to develop new programs for my old color
>> > computers or an easy way to play my old games. So this is my wish list:
>> >
>> >
>> > 1. A modern text editor in DECB.
>> >
>> > 2. A modern file manager.
>> >
>> > 3. A modern ROM manager. Just select your rom and run it. The ROM 
>> > manager
>> > could have screenshots like the wii or the nintendo DSi .
>> >
>> > 4. A modern BASIC language compatible with the DECB. Just like 
>> > Borland's
>> > Turbo Basic could compile GWBasic Programs and write new programs 
>> > without
>> > line numbers. It would be great if you can compile the modern programs 
>> > in
>> > machine language and run them in an old color computer.
>> >
>> > 5. A very high speed mode.
>> >
>> > 6. Include a Serial Pak.
>> >
>> > 7. Include Music and Voice Paks emulators.
>> >
>> > 8. Use memory cards or usb memory cards.
>> >
>> > 9. Compatible with Color Computer 2 and 3.
>> >
>> > 10. No windows/linux needed. Just turn on the device and see my beloved
>> > green screen.
>> >
>> > 11. Use modern display, keyboards and mices. It would be great If the 
>> > coco
>> > 4 could have his own screen as an option.
>> >
>> > 12. A web browser mode to let me browse internet and download programs
>> > from Internet.
>> >
>> >
>> > Several points of this wish list we already have them with the hardware
>> > and software of Cloud 9, Roger Taylor and others, but it would be great 
>> > if
>> > you could have all this things in a new small hardware solution. Maybe 
>> > my
>> > idea of a coco 4 is unviable. Just dreaming.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks you very much for keeping the coco live
>> >
>> > Jorge Machin
>> >
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