[Coco] Re: Coco Repack

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Allen 

I h ave no idea of what the schematic or function of the TC9. Would 
be interested if I could at least see a schematic or some 
documentation of it.

james

On 5 Aug 2004 at 12:03, Allen Huffman wrote:

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> How about a return of the Tomcat TC-9?
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> ...... Original Message .......
> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 04:34:51 +0000 <farna at att.net> wrote:
> >You know James, I think there might be a market for a good hobbyist 
> machine that is easy to program and interface to yet is a fully
> functioning computer. That's the main reason the CoCo has held on so
> long -- it is such a machine. If your repack/mini board machine
> emulates the 6309 (since it has advanced functions and is backward
> 6809 compatible) well and can use something like DECB (might be a
> problem there, but could just have an empty ROM socket or flash memory
> on board...) or NitroS9, it should be a winner. Just make sure you use
> something standard for input and output and you have an easy to
> interface with expansion port. If you can get bread baord and/or blank
> cards for a PCI socket that would be fine, though a double row header
> might be better (can get sockets for it or wire wrap directly). In
> fact, I think double row headers would be easiest for all connections
> -- at least you can get connectors easily and make appropriate
> adapters cheap enough. A PC keyboard interfac > e would be nice too.
> The joystick ports are a must -- easy to program D/A converters. I'd
> rather see the serial port replaced with one or two(preferably two)
> USB connections. I wonder how hard it would be to make USB work with
> DECB? I know it will work with OS-9 -- eliminates the need for a
> floppy or HD controller is used with USB external devices. Getting a
> USB floppy to work with DECB would be the big problem. If the board
> would work with USB only, DECB and NS-9, that would be fantastic! > >
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