[Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?

[Bill Loguidice]

Honestly, I thought you were joking... There's zero market for something so
prohibitively expensive to develop. A few hundred active enthusiasts do not
justify a major product like that. You'd have a hard time doing something
like that based off a much more popular classic platform like the C-64,
Apple II or Atari 8-bit, let alone a platform like the CoCo that few people
even recall.

With that said, there's no reason the FPGA idea can't be extended to
existing properties and products, and certainly mature emulation
implementations would be ideal for tablets and smartphones, particularly
since bluetooth keyboards and to a lesser degree, bluetooth controllers, are
common.

-Bill


On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:02 PM, RJLCyberPunk <cyberpunk at prtc.net> wrote:

> I did ask if there are any entrepeneurs willing to try to do this for a
> reason, all I got is the idea, nothing more,I haven't got the resources to
> pull something like this but somebody or a group of entrepeneurs
> particularly in the FPGA CoCo project could potentially adopt it.
>
> I for one would love to unpack such a brand new CoCo and start playing with
> it right out of the box (After installing the batteries off course) :D
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Pittel" <fwp at deepthought.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?
>
>
>  Sounds like a plan!! Let us know when you have something to alpha test.
>>
>> The Other Frank
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 04:09:58PM -0400, RJLCyberPunk wrote:
>>
>>> Seeing the new Tablets on the market and how revolutionary they are. Why
>>> not make the Next generation color computer a Tablet instead of relying on
>>> PC arquitecture? Could it be done with FPGA hardware and made into a machine
>>> that can be sold on the market? A lot of people have asked what makes a CoCo
>>> a CoCo. Well a CoCo has to be able to run CoCo software with no problems and
>>> has to have the feel of a real computer which an emulator while good it
>>> cannot bring and the Tablet design can bring that back in 21st century
>>> format but we should also move the CoCo into the next century softwarewise
>>> so it should have built in apllcations that run from an Eprom and can be
>>> updated through the internet such as Word processing, Worksheet etc and it
>>> goes without saying that it must be able to browse the internet as well
>>>
>>> To Recap:
>>>
>>> It should have at least a maximum resolution of 800x600 if not more.
>>>
>>> It should have complete backward compatibility with CoCo software.
>>>
>>> It should have built in applications including an enhanced version of
>>> BASIC with a compiler.
>>>
>>> It should be able to handle old cartridges in an adressable manner,
>>> safely without damaging the data bus which was a problem the CoCo had and
>>> shouldn't
>>>
>>>
>>> Online version of games like Ghana Bwana, Zaxxon you name it could be
>>> developed afterward. Imagine the rafe over such fresh new games that people
>>> can play online!
>>>
>>>
>>> Well what do you guys think? Any Entrepeneurs willing to take the CoCo to
>>> the next level once and for all? I know this the world needs a next
>>> generation Color Computer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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