[Coco] COCO CASE GROUP

[Dave Philipsen]

Ok, so my suggestion would be to design a case that is a little deeper than the current CoCo 3 case with 4 cartridge slots built right into the case. Also, the keyboard opening could be designed in such a way that either the stock CoCo 3 keyboard could be used or a slightly larger keyboard with some extra features. The internals should allow the stock CoCo 3 motherboard.  Any future design should find enough real estate there given the fact that components today have shrunk in size greatly compared to the 1980s.

Dave

> On Feb 28, 2018, at 3:29 PM, camillus blockx <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> As I read an article on Facebook, having the C64 based on FPGA back in production.
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> We can do partly the same for the coco's, not to make a new coco 5 but to make a general new housing.
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> Maybe we should think about a new case design, one that can harbor the old existing board's coco 1/2/3 and also the coco FPGA either Becker's or the Coco-on-a-chip ( sorry do not know exactly the designer) even if possible maybe both. ( meaning old board with FPGA design )
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> In the later case I think it would be a good idea to have a universal outside terminal board, which looks the same on the outside, but has inside connection to the respective board inside. A smaller secondary smaller panel ( different connectors ) for the terminals of the FPGA, so both can function on there own.
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> Maybe the ones that feel called to make a design should make some sketches and when we have the most practical, we can fundraising the means of have it produced. I think that most of us would like to spend $70...$100 to a new case.
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> Well just something to talk about, and if you feel like to put your $0.02 worth of comments, then do this on the group COCO CASE , I made for discussion.
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> Camillus Blockx
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