[Coco] CoCo 3 FPGA?
jdaggett at gate.net
jdaggett at gate.net
Mon Jul 30 20:37:49 EDT 2007
If you are just repackaging what hardware you have and running at a bit
higher speed is fine. Enhancements will require software upgrades also.
james
On 28 Jul 2007 at 19:04, Nickolas Marentes wrote:
> Good work!!
>
> This opens the door to a REAL CoCo4 in actual hardware.
>
> My suggestion would be to aim towards a board replacement with a real
> CoCo3.
>
> We would need to set realistic specifications for the CoCo4 upgrade
> and make it a drop in replacement. A badge replacement on the top case
> that replaces the "Tandy Color Computer 3" with one that says "Color
> Computer 4" (take out the Tandy since they had nothing to do with it).
>
> I'd be happy with a CoCo3 that ran at 12Mhz and had a 256 color mode
> and possibly support for an internal IDE.
>
> But with the flexibility of this FPGA board, we could add more.
>
> Nick
>
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