[Coco] CocoPi3 Update
tim franklinlabs.com
tim at franklinlabs.com
Wed May 3 09:20:14 EDT 2017
OK, I'm a little confused here (normal for me). I know Allen had Roger
Taylor's DE0 FPGA at his table. I never saw any Raspberry Pi. Not to
say it wasn't there but the only Raspberry CoCo I saw was at Chris
Hawks table. Am I mistaken??? Is a "CoCoPi 3" a CoCo running on a
Raspberry Pi or is it something else???
On May 3, 2017 at 8:01 AM Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
Hi Ron,
Allen Huffman brought one of those to CocoFEST. It's a really neat
little device!
We both talked about it and actually tried to get CocoPi3 up and
running
on it. The built-in display did not support a resolution of 640 x
480
(at least not that we could see). If it weren't for that, I bet it
would have been fine.
The CocoPi3 distribution forces a 640 x 480 resolution in order to
maintain a decent level of emulation performance. For the Coco, 640
x
480 is actually more than adequate.
I may try to test 1920 x 1080 again at some point as I do have other
tweaks to help performance.
Thanks
On 05/03/2017 07:46 AM, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:
It would be tempting to do this with pi-top...
Sent from my iPhone
On May 3, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
Hi Dave,
If it's a Raspberry Pi 3, yes. You would power it off, pull out the
RetroPie SD card, replace it with this distribution (on another SD
card) and then power it back up.
It would be up to you to determine if you could merge the two into
one. I've added programs and libraries from alternate repo's, so my
guess is it would not work. RetroPie does have an older version of
XRoar available and they do offer MAME, but no idea on what version
and if it would have all the tweaks I've added.
I encourage anyone to experiment -- lot's of talented people here
with great ideas.
Thanks
-Ron
On 05/03/2017 01:05 AM, Dave Regan wrote:
Thanks Ron. Would it be able to be run from the same Raspberry Pi
that has retropie and all my other emulators installed?
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From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> on behalf of Ron
<ron at kdomain.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 4:16:21 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update
Hi Dave,
This is a complete ready-to-run distribution based on Raspbian as a
base
OS. Not RetroPie.
Other than just adding the Coco ROMs, this is ready to go. You would
copy the SD card image on to a micro SD card (8GB or higher). Class
10
recommended (for speed). It should boot right up.
On 05/02/2017 06:05 PM, Dave Regan wrote:
I'm getting a RP 3 to take with me when I travel so I can play a
little in
the hotel. Sorry for the newbie type question though, but is this
something
that works similar to RetroPie that you simply load onto the Pi and
then
load the dsk images into a particular subfolder and you're ready to
go?
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Rietveld Rietveld
<rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks. Right now I am running VCC using a little ATOM powered PC on
a
stick. It's pretty nice as its only a little bigger than a card
reader but
it is no where as cool as using the Pi.
,
Original Message
From: Ron
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 6:35 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update
I still need to check with Rick Adams, but would like to continue to
have him host a copy of the SD card image as well as Simon Jonassen.
The current links (for the old image and documentation) are:
[1]http://rickadams.org/ronklein/
[2]http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/
I will also need to update the documentation to reflect all the
changes.
Thanks
On 05/02/2017 05:27 PM, Rietveld Rietveld wrote:
This looks incredible. How can I get a copy for my rasp pi?
,
Original Message
From: Michael Brant
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 6:19 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoPi3 Update
Cool making me really want a rasp pi 3.
On May 2, 2017 4:34 PM, "Glen Hewlett" <glen.hewlett at sympatico.ca>
wrote:
Hi Ron,
That's a lot of cool updates. I do appreciate all the effort you are
putting into this SDimage. I think it will be very useful for anyone
who
wants to learn about the CoCo or someone who remembers playing with
the
CoCo many years ago and wants to give it a try again. The RPi3 is
cheap
and connects to any recent monitor/TV all you need is keyboard and
your
good to go in CoCo world. :)
Personally using emulators is what got me back into the CoCo,
luckily I
still had some of my old CoCo hardware and I'm having a blast with
it
again.
Cheers,
Glen
On May 2, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
CocoPi3 - ChangeLog - May 2017
CocoFEST 2017 was a trial run for the CocoPi3 distribution. I took
some
time to observe how others looked at it, used it, etc., and made
some
enhancements. Some are minor others are more significant. I've been
learning quite a bit with this little project, but the best part has
been
some of the folks I've met and worked with along the way.
* Quick refresh of some Raspbian packages (i.e. sudo apt-get update;
sudo apt-get upgrade)
* Updated GCC 6 (as part of Debian's bleeding edge "stretch" repo).
GCC
6 is required to compile MAME.
* Pierre Sarrazin resolved an issue with the cmoc compiler for
Raspbian. Fix already included with this update.
* Updated MAME to the latest version (0.185)
* Updated the Main Menu and included many new entries as well as
updated
existing ones (over double the options)!
* Typing 'menu' from any prompt will return to main menu screen
* Some menu options include additional informational screens/prompts
* Option for booting Coco 3 with VCCEmuDisk hard drive image.
Includes
NitrOS9 & 255 virtual DECB disks with programs
* Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into NitrOS9 using
latest
image from [3]http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
* Option for booting Coco 3 (2MB RAM) directly into Fuzix (via
YA-DOS).
Internet access provided via 'lwwire' daemon
* Options still available for Coco 2 (MAME & XRoar) both with
Drivewire
support as well as booting into MC-10
* Updated the scripts to start and stop the DriveWire, lwwire and
emceed
daemons from main menu
* Edit Wifi configuration from main menu
* Adjust RPi3 system volume from main menu (for HDMI and analog
ports)
* Run 'raspi-config' from main menu (resize file system, other
administrative options)
* Backup existing RPi3 installation to alternate SD card (i.e. clone
entire SD card) from main menu
* Reboot or shutdown RPi3 (safely) from main menu
* IP address(es) on main menu screen. Includes for both WiFi and CAT6
* System uptime information on main menu screen
* Daemon status (DriveWire, lwwire and emceed) on main menu screen
* Emceed server for hosting files to a real MC-10. Requires MCX-128
expansion cartridge & serial to USB adapter
* DriveWire can still be configured to host files for real Coco's as
well. Same serial to USB adapter would be required
* Added additional documentation in Samba share 'doc' folder
(/media/share1/docs). This includes help with Bluetooth controllers
Unfortunately, there's too many changes to just provide updated
files
for. As such, it will require downloading a new image. Going
forward,
I
am working on a way to package updates (perhaps via a CocoPi3 repo
for
use
with apt-get) to save time.
I plan on recording a video demo of this new version soon and will
send
it off to Steve Strowbridge to add to his YouTube channel. I also
need
to
work with Rick Adams and Simon Jonassen to see about replacing the
older SD
card image with this new one.
Thanks!
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