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

[Jorge Renato Machin Ibarra]

Frank:
 
Roger Taylor's Phoenix IDE is in my Christmas Gift List for me :)  The $29 preorder price is a great deal :)
 
 
Thank you
 
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:18:57 -0500
> From: farna at att.net
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?
> 
> Jorge, most of what you want is available in Roger Taylor's "Phoenix" IDE. You pretty much described it -- a fast programming/development environment for the CoCo (and other 8 bit systems). That and one of the emulators meet most of your desires. The exception is "no Windows" and "instant on". You can *almost* get instant on by using a DOS emulator and loading a stripped down version of DOS with a batch file to call up the emulator immediately. Load it all on a USB drive or SD card on a computer that will allow booting from such devices. Get a small Netbook or ITX bookshelf computer and you'll even have a compact machine.
> 
> RJL, the above scenario almost takes the underlying OS out of the equation. I think in the long run an emulator running under a stripped down version of Linux (nothing that's not needed by the emulation or for maintenance) would be better than DOS -- definitely easier to modify/work with as time goes on.
> 
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> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:17:40 -0400
> From: "RJLCyberPunk"<cyberpunk at prtc.net>
> 
> 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>
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:08 PM
> 
> > 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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