[Coco] Re: Coco 4

[Torsten Dittel]

My 0.02€ for a CoCo4:

1) Backward compatible to the CoCo123 (it should stay a CoCo. I don't
want a totally new system, there are already lots of "new" things to
play with (PC, Apple,...)
2) Most used hardware included (I don't want to waste all the MPI slots
for floppy disk and HD controllers, serial/parallel interface, speech
sound + orchestra 90cc, etc.
3) At least 2MB of memory

The planned Cloud9 Super Board is a good approach.

some new features could be:

1) Higher Speed
2) Kind of DMA for drive access and sound input/output
2) A "Blitter" for fast memory copy operations without charging the CPU

some new features for the GIME:

1) A 256 color mode
2) Sprites like the C=64's VID

Any suggestions?
Torsten