[Coco] Multipak redesign/replacement / New CoCo...

[Zippster]

They are readily available for 3 or 4 dollars each in qty through Utsource
as is the SAM.  Granted, they will eventually be gone and will have to be
replaced with modern programmable logic of some sort.

- Ed


> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wouldn't the problem with a new mother board be access to the older IC's
> namely the VDG and the 6809 itself?  These are not exactly stock components
> anymore.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I would love to do this, and probably will give it a try with a CoCo2
>> replacement once I wrap up
>> a couple other projects, as it looks fairly straightforward.
>> 
>> With the CoCo3 the problem would be decent documentation on the GIME.
>> From what I understand, it will have to be reverse-engineered based on
>> behavior.
>> 
>> - Ed
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>>> Wouldn't it make more
>>> sense to focus on creating a new Fully CoCo 2/3 Compatible Motherboard
>> 
>> <snip>
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