[Coco] Just a thought

Bill Loguidice bill at armchairarcade.com
Thu Mar 26 14:31:23 EDT 2015


Are copyright issues really a concern at this point, especially for a small
scale hobbyist project like this would end up being?

-Bill

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On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optimum.net> wrote:

> It would be a re-implemented Coco 3 - using a 63B09EP, the GIME in an FPGA
> (which should allow VGA output, and up to 2mb of RAM. A PS/2 keyboard port.
> All the Coco 3 ports (bitbanger, joysticks, cassette, cartridge, composite
> video, audio). User supplies ROMs from a real Coco 3 to avoid copyright
> issues.
>
>
>
> I would put a socket onboard for an HDBDOS ROM which could be disabled
> with a switch if you plug a cartridge or other controller with a ROM into
> the cartridge port.
>
>
> That would be a pretty good start towards a Deluxe Coco, or a Coco 4.
>
>
> -[ Al ]-
>


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