[Coco] Re: Retro look CoCo...

[farna at att.net]

I suppose you could come up with some DECB or OS-9 apps that would be useful. I used my "Checks3" program for a long time to keep up with my check book. Something like that and some apps like a phone dialer/address book (see, that old modem, even a 300 baud, might be good for something after all!), or other PDA style things would make the CoCo useful -- especially with a 1GB Flash Card and everything on it -- no floppies at all! It would be little more than an oversize PDA, but that would be okay. 

Or get real creative... mount an ITX motherboard in the old silver CoCo case along with a laptop HD and USB port on the side. Hack a PC keyboard to eliminate the number pad so it fits the CoCo case or get a mini keyboard. Wow, that's a change!! PC in a CoCo case instead of CoCo in a PC case.... ;> 

Send it over the top by having it boot into MESS... emulating a CoCo...

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:21:23 -0500
> From: Roger Taylor <webmaster at coco3.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Re:  Roy's adapter.
> 
> What I would like to see is a gray CoCo 1 with a grayish flat panel monitor 
> sitting on top of the case and being used for practical purposes around the 
> house or shop.  This retro look is actually awesome to see.  I'm sure your 
> friends and family will ask, "what the heck is that?", but that's the 
> idea.  I've set mine up before just to see how it will look and it's real 
> nice.  With a 64K CoCo 1, Extended BASIC and maybe one of those IDE cards 
> for memory from Cloud-9, you could maybe boot into OS-9 or store all of 
> your useful programs on a Flash card?
>