[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Re: Why not a Coco on a card

[Charles Richmond]

Maybe someone could be interested in creating an FPGA with all
the functionality of the MC-10 on it...or even the CoCo itself.


On Mar 3, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Davey Brain wrote:

> James the Animal Tamer wrote:
>> Diamond, a video card maker, made a AppleII-on-a-card for PCs.  I  
>> don't
>> think they make it any more...  which would be why not a CoCo on a  
>> card.
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
> Yes, the Diamond Trackstar was an Apple ][+ or  //e on an ISA or MCA
> card; it was sold in computer stores & at Radio Shack as a bridge
> (mostly for schools) between the Apple // and PC world. I had a
> Trackstar E (Apple //e card) but never got the software for it  
> working.
> I may even still have it? You can read about the Trackstar at
> <http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/USA2WUG/TrackStar/TrackStarInfo.txt> &
> <http://www.macgeek.org/museum/trackstarplus/>
>
> I think it would be much simpler to do this with a CoCo 3 as Radio  
> Shack
> had a simpler & more efficient design with the CoCo 3 (IMHO).
> Personally, since it was so simple & my 1st CoCo I'd like to see  
> someone
> do an MC-10 on a chip myself. Anyway, it would be an interesting  
> project
> but hardware design is beyond me; I'm a contract hardware/software
> network install tech for HP.
>
> WarpDavey
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