[Coco] Saw this on redit

Kevin Becker kevin at kevinbecker.org
Wed Apr 17 13:59:39 EDT 2019


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> On Apr 17, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 17 April 2019 13:25:49 David Gettle wrote:
> 
>> Anyone on the list able to sign into redit should make him aware of
>> the CoCoList, and let him know about all the cool stuff that will work
>> with his dad's CoCo Clone! (I would if I had a redit account).
>> 
> I don't have a redit account, and have no intention of getting one to add 
> to my ready supply of daily spam.
> 
> So I can't see that bit of handiwork, but that doesn't stop me from 
> doffing my hat in respect as I've done things like that in the distant 
> past when my mind was a bit more agile. The most difficult and time 
> burning part is getting into the original builder/coders head. Fail at 
> that, and the project will likely fail, succeed at that, and the rest of 
> it almost always falls into place in a few days. Much faster than your 
> hands can build it.
>> 
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:04 PM Salvador Garcia via Coco <
>> 
>> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>>> I once had the opportunity to reverse engineer an ISA Ethernet
>>> card... and that was such a challenge!
>>> 
>>> But to be talking to your coworker and just say, "Hey let's build a
>>> clone of this Color Computer. We'll just reverse engineer the
>>> original, make our own PCB and pop in the ROMs" That is a level to
>>> be admired and respected.
> 
> Absolutely.
>>> A true DaVinci of electronics! Salvador
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 7:36:37 AM EDT, rietveld rietveld
>>> < rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/be21rh/has_any
>>> one_ever_seen_a_homebuilt_trs80_clone_my/
>>> 
>>> 
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