[Coco] CocoPi3 Update
Ron
ron at kdomain.org
Wed May 3 09:34:47 EDT 2017
Hi Tim,
I was at CocoFEST and had a Raspberry Pi 3 running all weekend at the
table right across from Allen. Brett Gordon was at an adjacent table
running Fuzix. Brendan Donahe had his Coco 2 and VGA adapter at a table
on the other side of mine . William Astle was behind me. In fact, I
was handing out free 8GB SD cards with the CocoPi3 distribution on it.
I only brought about 8 cards, but wanted to help get it into the hands
of whoever might want it and didn't have an SD card there for me to copy
it to.
I did not have a sign or banner at my table. Perhaps a bit more
marketing for next year's CocoFEST? :)
Thanks
On 05/03/2017 08:20 AM, tim franklinlabs.com wrote:
> 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
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> 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
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> 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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> References
>
> 1. http://rickadams.org/ronklein/
> 2. http://www.roust-it.dk/coco/ronklein/
> 3. http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/
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