[Coco] Re: Coco Digest, Vol 1, Issue 310

[jimcox at miba51.com]

Agreed, finding OS-9 is hard, but NitrOS9 is free, and 
with a lot of work, could be ported to 68K or other 
platforms.

Jim

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:03:19 -0500
  "Vern Burke" <vburke at skow.net> wrote:
>Frank:
>   IMHO, the problem with alternate platforms for OS9 is 
>either finding
>the hardware platform or finding OS9 for it. I always 
>wanted a VME
>based OS9 system. Finding VME stuff reasonable is easy, 
>finding OS9
>for it is HARD.
>
>Vern
>
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>From: <farna at att.net>
>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:58 PM
>Subject: [Coco] Re: Coco Digest, Vol 1, Issue 310
>
>
>> The C-one board does indeed look like the best "upgrade" 
>>possibility to a
>> CoCo 3. Apparently the FPGA isn't permanently 
>>programmed? I'm not that
>> familiar with those devices -- I thought they were 
>>"burned" sort of like a
>> ROM or PAL. What I'm reading in the C-one literature is 
>>that the FPGA can
>be
>> programmed on the fly? Okay, I'm way out of touch with 
>>electronics...
>haven't
>> messed with any in quite a while, and didn't do much 
>>back then...
>> The only drawback I see is the $200 price tag -- and 
>>that doesn't include
>a
>> real 6809/6309, case, power supply, or other 
>>peripherals. Could one of you
>> guys write the software to prgram one of these to work 
>>like the CoCo but
>> still keep the enhancements like PS/2 keyboard and VGA 
>>monitor? That would
>be
>> the real issue. And what about CoCo software? If games 
>>and such (DECB
>types)
>> won't run on it, is it worth the effort? Surely OS-9 
>>fanatics have better
>> resources such as the Amiga 68K boards, other 68K 
>>machines, or even OS-
>> 9000??? The only reason I can see an OS-9 person staying 
>>with the CoCo as
>a
>> platform is cost, which the C-one doesn't address. You 
>>can still find
>> complete CoCo3 systems for $200, monitor and all, maybe 
>>a bit more -- it
>> would cost around $400 for a complete C-one even if 
>>software for CoCo
>> compatibility was already available. Experimentation is 
>>a big issue, but
>that
>> usually circles back to cost.
>>
>> Another possibility for the OS-9 users are the 68K Amiga 
>>boards also sold
>by
>> some of the C-one suppliers. Isn't there a version of 
>>OS-9 for the Amiga?
>But
>> then there's os-9000 too...
>>
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