[Coco] GIME chip replacement

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Wed Jun 21 17:23:54 EDT 2006


Nick 

Not 100% drop in. The major problem will be with the oscillator 
circuit. The crystal on board the Coco motherboard and associated 
componets would have to be removed and replaced with a TTL 
oscillator. It could be on a daughter board with the PLD and then 
that board adapts to the 68 pin socket. 


james

On 22 Jun 2006 at 5:59, Nickolas Marentes wrote:

> Was anyone working on recreating a GIME chip replacement using modern 
> day programmable circuits?
> 
> Is it possible to make a "drop-in" replacement board for the existing 
> GIME chip socket that will emulate the functionality of the GIME but add 
> extra functions such as more colors and support for higher cpu clock speeds?
> 
> Nickolas Marentes
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