[Coco] Re: War games T-shirt

[Glen VanDenBiggelaar]

Actually, a Model 3 was used in the school office to change his grades! 
-Just watched it again the other night.
-Glen



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>
>No TRS-80 wass used - IIRC, it was either an Altair machine with 8" drives 
>(or Imsai).  In either event, the computer was nothing more than a bunch of 
>pieces the film crew cobbled together and never was a "complete system."
>
>Somewhat interesting note:  Matthew Broderick couldn't type, so they rigged 
>a script to just send the next keystroke when he hit any key.
>
>John
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: farna at att.net
>Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>Subject: [Coco] Re: War games T-shirt
>Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:04:38 +0000
>
>Saw this on e-bay:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/WAR-GAMES-SHIRT-Vintage-COMPUTER-TRS-80-Punk-EMO-NEW_W0QQitemZ8756515420QQcategoryZ74947QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>Kind of cool, but wasn't a grey case CoCo used in the movie, not a TRS-80 
>Model I??
>
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> > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:18:24 +0100
> > From: Torsten Dittel <Torsten at Dittel.info>
> > Subject: [Coco] Re: question to the hardware gurus (Gene?)
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> > Thanks to all who replied. Bob, I should have looked into the LM1881's
> > data sheet before, stupid me. I'm using the Gennum GS4982 and I think it
> > will work fine without the lowpass filter (well, at least I'll try it
> > first without), especially because my composite video signal is b&w (no
> > color). The 12V power is already cleaned so I think just a 0.1µF to
> > ground will do fine. Best regards, Torsten.
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:37:20 -0500
> > From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] [color computer] Just imagining...
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> > Reads like you were describing one of the current emulators. :)
> >
> > George Ramsower wrote:
> > > I was just wondering..
> > >
> > >  These new programmable chips are so fast and powerful today, it's 
>just
> > > amazing!
> > >
> > >  Could a really fast one be able to(with good, tight coding) monitor 
>the CPU
> > > in a coco, understand what it was trying to do(such as in RS-BASIC) 
>and
> > > produce the info to (for example) run a graphics card? This wouldn't 
>be an
> > > issue with software if we were running RS-Basic on a coco.
> > >  No COCO software required! The plug-in card with powerful chips could
> > > interpret and display what was intended for a TV without interfering 
>with
> > > the COCO!
> > >
> > >
> > >   It seems that a certain group of instructions, in a particular order 
>would
> > > be needed to operate the gime chip, for example.
> > >   If the CPLD or whatever the newest, fastest chips are available 
>could
> > > monitor the instructions being processed, a routine could catch it and
> > > create whatever things need to happen.
> > >
> > >   This may be far-fetched to the point of impossible, but what do I 
>know?  I
> > > only write basic09 programs on a stock coco.... good enough for me.
> > >
> > >   I'm sure in OS-9, a driver would be a great go-between.
> > >
> > >   OS-9 is MY thing.
> > >
> > >
> > >  George R
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