[Coco] [Color Computer] c64 taking making a comback!?

[Steve Bjork]

The CoCo 4 project that I was working on did have everything that you 
want. It was fast, enhanced graphics modes and other improvements.  For 
those that wanted more emulation of the "CoCo experience" there was the 
CoCo 4 I/O board that could fit into into a CoCo 3 case with all the I/O 
ports supported like the Keyboard, Joystick, Cassette, Serial and 40-pin 
port.  Using a small ION PC, the whole thing could fit in a CoCo 3 case.

Yes, the CoCo4 project's enhanced graphics included a 720P graphics mode 
with 256 Color mode with a palette of 24 million colors and even direct 
color mode with each pixel 24 million colors.

When you get down to it, both are emulations.  Just the PC based one has 
more bang for your buck.

Steve

On 6/9/2011 11:20 AM, Frank Pittel wrote:
> Having used many coco emulators over the years I found that I never liked
> using any of them. The truth is they always felt like an emulator and not like
> a real coco. The coco3fpga project feels like a real coco. The recent increase in
> the number of available colors makes the project the only contender in the "race"
> for the coco4!! All that's keeping the coco3fpga from being productized<SP?>  is
> the lack of someone that wants to do it and demand (percieved and real).
>
> The Other Frank