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

[RJLCyberPunk]

Perhaps a custom made to order market for Enthusiasts then? I'd just like 
something I can order and pick out of the box and use right there after 
perhaps installing batteries.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Loguidice" <bill at armchairarcade.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] What if the next CoCo is made into a Tablet?


> 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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