[Coco] Re: CHIP-8 emulator for Coco

[Brett K Heath]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, David wrote:

> I'd love to get a hold of some of the CHIP8 machine code programs you've
> mentioned.. is it still possible to build a dream 6800 machine? are the
> components still available, or does it require specialised chips no longer
> produced?
>
> I'm interested in putting one together, 'just for fun'
>
> Regards,
> David

Sorry this is late but I've been out of touch over the holidays.

I've used SCHIP to play Joust on my HP48 and it runs really well, which
probably means the coco could handle it also.

While I haven't done anything personally with CHIP8/SCHIP the HP48(9)
still has an active user community (not unlike the coco:-) and they might
be able to help you get more info. There is a software archive at

http://www.hpcalc.org

which has several implementations of the SCHIP emulator (including bundled
in games). A quick browse didn't turn up any source listings (these
archives are meant to be downloaded to the calc over a slow serial link)
but you could contact the authors and ask. Just do a search from the main page
for "SCHIP" to find what's there.

You might also look at the archives for comp.sys.hp48 and/or ask there.

I may have some stuff on my home machine, I'll check tonight.

HTH

Brett K. Heath