[Coco] CoCo 4 - the dream continues...

[jdaggett at gate.net]

As for a market as a desktop machine there probably would not be 
a large  market for such a product. IMHO the market would be less 
than a 1,000 units. 

A Coco 4 has more an appeal to those with a flair for nostalgia. I 
would think there would be a larger market if a board could be made 
small enough to be used in embedded projects. 


james

On 24 Jun 2006 at 7:09, Bert & Peggy Schneider wrote:


> I know it would be great to have a CoCo 4 - but has anyone does a market

> survey to find out the size of the market that would warrant the

> development, production, and distribution of such a system?  Looking at

> the problem from a business angle, I bet there is a big market out there

> for a multi-platform (hardware emulator) for ALL old 8 bit systems.

> Think about all of the baby boomers who have disposable income now that

> bought the CoCo or other 8 bit systems as an older adult in the early

> 80s.  They are now in retirement, and want a little piece of nostalgia.

> The problem with this business model is that if there are any game

> cartridges, disks, and cassettes with software out there - it is

> probably limited.

> 

> Bert

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]

> On Behalf Of Fedor Steeman

> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:22 AM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: [Coco] CoCo 4 - the dream continues...

> 

> Just expanding a bit on SockMaster's excellent idea for a CoCo4 (

> http://www.axess.com/twilight/sock/cocofile/coco4.html)...

> 

> Would it be possible to stick only 2 6309 4Mhz cards on the 16 Mhz main

> board and have the other two slots occupied by a single graphics card

> running at 8Mhz, and sporting, say, a HD63484? Now then you would have

> some

> awesome graphics capabilities!

> 

> I am sorry, just me daydreaming... ;-)

> 

> Cheers,

> 

> Fedor

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