[Coco] [Color Computer] Prototype CoCo 3

Paul T. Barton idezilla at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 13 13:46:26 EST 2006


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Paul - idezilla

--- jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

> Mike
> 
> >From pictures alone one can get an idea of what the prototype is doing if 
> you know what the IC functions are. 
> 
> Having time to inspect the actual board and/or get waveforms from a 
> working unit is priceless. 
> 
> Reverse engineer and put the logic in an FPGA will not be 100% backward 
> compatible but will be close. One thing is the 68 pin PLCC package. That  
> has to go. 
> 
> james
> 
> On 12 Jan 2006 at 14:35, Mike Pepe wrote:
> 
> To:             	ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
> From:           	Mike Pepe <lamune at doki-doki.net>
> Date sent:      	Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:35:15 -0500
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> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> > The CoCo Wikipedia entry now shows a picture of a prototype CoCo 3 where 
> > the GIME functions are replaced with a board-full of either logic gates 
> > or PLDs. The contributor of the image and the associated text talks 
> > about a project underway to reverse-engineer the logic of the board and 
> > thus create a GIME-compatible device.
> > 
> > Anyone know more about this? this is a fascinating project.
> > 
> > -Mike


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