[Coco] [Color Computer] Complete Commodore 64 home computer on a single chip

[James C. Hrubik, Sr.]

But would all the old CoCo BASIC programming still work, then?  Are you 
talking about ROMming something like BASIC09 ( re-engineered ala 
Nitros9), but with a syntax compatible with the old CoCo BASIC?

Boisy already ROMmed OS9 for one of his projects.  Boisy -- how hard 
would it be to pack Nitros9 on a ROM chip at this point?


On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 01:00  PM, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

> Having looked at the whole software in the Coco3, there is a reality
> that it could be rewritten and significantly changed that it no longer
> is recognizable as a Microsoft Porduct.
>
> james
>
> On 22 Dec 2004 at 11:19, James C. Hrubik, Sr. wrote:
>
>> Interesting idea about RS getting involved, but a bigger question is
>> whether Big Willie would want a share of the take for MS - don't
>> forget the BASIC ROMs!
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, at 10:48  AM, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
>>>
>>> On Dec 22, 2004, at 1:23 AM, Neil Morrison wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> FYI
>>>>
>>>> "Jeri Ellsworth has squeezed the entire circuitry of a
>>>> two-decade-old Commodore 64 home computer onto a single chip, which
>>>> she has tucked neatly into a joystick that connects by a cable to a
>>>> TV set. Called the Commodore 64--the same as the computer
>>>> system--her device can run 30 video games, mostly sports, racing
>>>> and puzzles games from the early 1980s, all without the hassle of
>>>> changing game cartridges.
>>>
>>> This is certainly becoming a trend, isn't it.  I've noticed lately
>>> that there is a groundswell of interest in retro-computing and the
>>> mainstream press is starting to pick up on this phenomenon.  It's no
>>> surprise that the Commodore 64 is the main beneficiary of this
>>> attention, since it has the most name recognition and appears to be
>>> the main computer that everyone thinks of when focusing on the 80s
>>> home computer age.  I suspect that in the not too distant future,
>>> other classic home computers like ours will be garnering some
>>> national media attention as well.
>>>
>>> Actually, her idea of putting a Commodore 64 inside of a joystick
>>> isn't too far-fetched for a CoCo.  Though I wonder what sales would
>>> be like of such a device, and if Radio Shack would consider doing
>>> something like that.
>>>
>>> Boisy
>>>
>>
>
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