[Coco] got a spare coco3 anyone?

Mark Marlette mmarlett at isd.net
Wed Sep 15 06:11:53 EDT 2004


At 9/14/2004 08:44 PM -0400, you wrote:

David,

I designed some home automation cards that plugged into the ISA bus. Then 
wrote the GFX2 basic09 routines and made test software that run the home 
automation boards. All custom.

Our Ethernet board for the CoCo should work on the AT306 so take a look at 
it when it becomes available. Won't be cheap though.....

Mark

>mmarlett at isd.net wrote:
>
>>Carl was the AT306 sold by Whitman Computers and had MGR as it's GUI. Was
>>slow on the GUI but the machine is great. Virtual windows and all. I like
>>like mine...Still use it. :)
>>
>>
>>>In a message dated 9/13/04 9:58:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>>>daveekelly at earthlink.net writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is this the one with the 68306 CPU put out by Kreider Electronics? It 
>>>>also use PC cards.
>>>
>>>That may have been the AT-306, the last of the hobby 68K attempts.
>>>It included OS9/68K and some failed GUI attempt, maybe GEM, I forget
>>exactly.
>>
>>>I know that someone was trying to port UltiMusE to it and gave up, since
>>the
>>>GUI and graphics were just too slow and incomplete.
>>>
>>>To add to the confusion, there was a 68306 CPU powered drop-in replacement
>>
>>>card for the MM/1 sold for a while.  I didn't get one, so my MM/1 is still
>>
>>>"stock" with 3 MB of RAM and a mere 40 MB HD (which is dangerously close
>>to full;
>>>I've had to house clean it a few times).
>>>--Mike K.
>>>
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>>>Coco at maltedmedia.com
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>Mark~
>
>I have a AT306 also, the lack of usable GUI and lack of software has it in 
>the corner of the computer room,  I would like a Ethernet tcp/ip stack 
>instead of the PPP application (name I have forgotten) to connect to my 
>network.
>
>         What do you use yours for So, maybe I can find an excused to fire 
> the baby up :)
>
>~David Hazelton





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