[Coco] CoCo-X is not dead

[Frank Swygert]

The FPGA Arcade board sounds good, but at 199 euros plus shipping ($261 
right now, plus S&H) it's a bit expensive. The MCC-216 sounds like the 
way to go -- $150 + S&H. If it will emulate an Amiga 500 it will emulate 
a CoCo3 easy enough, just have to develop the core. It's not going to 
support legacy hardware, but most legacy functions should be able to be 
built right in. I'd skip HD emulation and just go with Drivewire built 
in, and maybe floppy emulation for some compatibility issues. The Amiga 
uses a lot of memory -- 2 MB of Chip, 1 MB of Slow, 8 MB of Fast. So a 
CC3 emulation should support 4MB of memory. I think that's the most a 
hacked CC3 will support, or is 2MB the more practical limit?

-- 
Frank Swygert
Editor - American Motors Cars Magazine
www.amc-mag.com