[Coco] Tandy Electronics??!!

[Bill Loguidice]

I know you can't effectively compare the resolution of a vector display to
that of a raster display, but it seems to me that even disregarding the
whole apples to oranges thing, how can the CoCo 3 emulate the Vectrex
correctly when the Vectrex effectively has a higher resolution?

(By the way, I'm a huge Vectrex fan and have a large collection of items
related to it; versus almost all other vintage hardware, thanks to the
Vectrex's unique display, it's arguably one of the few vintage videogame or
computer systems that genuinely requires the original hardware (versus any
type of emulation) for the "proper" experience.)

-Bill

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On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> On 2/01/2015 10:39 AM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>
>> Retro stuff is a lot more diverse than modern desktop operating systems,
>> but I think you're right that the coco would not be ranked highly as a
>> popular retro platform.  If you expanded to all 6809 based systems you
>> could pick up a few more (vectrex has a following) but those are basically
>> the "other" of an "other".
>>
>
> Now Vectrex is an interesting one. I recall speaking to John Kowalski some
> years back and he was quite convinced that a vectrex emulator is quite
> possible on theCoCo3. They both use a 6809 and it would require software on
> the CoCo to emulate the vecter display output of the Vectrex. A vectrex
> emulator then opens the door to running almost all the cartridges
> unmodified (as image dumps).
>
> I wonder if Luis is up for the challenge?   :)
>
>> Ive only been to 2 retrocomputing events, but at both I went with the only
>> folks who demoed coco gear.  Commodore 64/128/Vic 20 stuff is probably the
>> biggest group with Apple II stuff coming next.  Then you have the amigas
>> and atari's, then some trs80 model i/iii, maybe a few CPM machines, and
>> *then* the cocos if I had to guess.  Of course coco are the best machines
>> in all cases.
>>
>>
> I have to give my bias opinion... yes, the CoCo3 is the best!   :)
>
> I do have a soft spot for the Amigas though.
>
> Nick
>
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