[Coco] MCC-216

[Gary Becker]

Is there any interest in me porting my CoCo3FPGA over to the MCC-216? It looks to me like the MCC-216 is setup to be a game machine. I believe the SD Card can be used as mass storage to emulate the floppy drive. But I am unsure how cartridge slots can be emulated. I guess this would be part of the development task. I also do not see a way to interface this platform with anything external.
 
I guess what I am really asking, how many people would be interested enough in a CoCo / CoCo3 core to actually buy one of these platforms. The VGA version is listed at US$169.99.
 
Gary
 
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Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:41:44 -0600
From: Sean <badfrog at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] MCC-216
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I almost bought one of these a year ago, and am still tempted.
Putting a CoCo on it would be awesome!


On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Frank Swygert <farna at amc-mag.com> wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Bill Loguidice<bill at armchairarcade.com>  wrote:
>
>  but certainly something
> like an MCC-216, a low-cost programmable FPGA device, probably would,
> especially since it both encourages a type of hacking and is something that
> could be sold as a straight up product for non-casual consumers. The
> MCC-216, for example, presently runs ZX Spectrum, C-64, Amiga, Apple II,
> and Atari 2600 cores. No reason we couldn't eventually have CoCo family
> cores created at some point...
>
> And something like that is probably precisely what would fit with
> RadioShack, if it could be done affordably. They could launch it with
> emulation layers to act like all the old RadioShack computers, and tie it in
> to an anniversary
>
> ========================================
>
> I just looked this up. If it will support Amiga emulation it will support
> the CoCo3.
>
> From the developer's website:
>
> 4) Which Classic Computers
> are next for the MCC?
>
> Today, our focus is on emulating the Commodore C64, AMIGA and the ATARI
> 2600.
> However, we are always open to additional suggestions regarding the classic
> computer.
> If you have suggestions for additional cores you would like to see, please
> send us an email.
>
> If you have developed a classic computer written for an FPGA (Verilog or
> VHDL),
> please contact us and view the development section of this page.
>
> If you would like to get a special developer version of the Multiple Classic
> Computer hardware and a Software Development Kit (SDK) to get started with
> VHDL or C
>
> If you are interested in some development with the Multiple Classic
> Computerand would like more details, please contact us.
>
> *__*
>
> **If you would like to get a special developer version of the Multiple
> Classic Computer hardware and a Software Development Kit (SDK) to get
> started with VHDL or C development, please contact us as well.*
> *
>
> *
>
> If you have expertise in FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) design or ASIC
> design experience and/or own a classic computer design, we would be happy to
> talk to you.
>
> Please send an email to:
> Contact at ArcadeRetroGaming.com <mailto:contact at arcaderetrogaming.com>
>
>
> This info and details can be found at http://mcc-home.com/4.html
>
> These things are $149 at http://www.ebay.com/sch/merchant/arcaderetrogaming
> The S-video version is listed, but they have a VGA output version as well.
> Should be same price??
> <http://www.ebay.com/sch/merchant/arcaderetrogaming>**
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> Frank Swygert
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