[Coco] Done

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 16 Aug 2008 at 7:36, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

> Another poster mentioned that there are people on this list who don't
> have the experience/time/resources to write software or contribute. 
> Those aren't the people I'm talking about.  I'm talking about the 
> comers and goers who have made big announcements and pronouncements of
>  what they were going to do, only to peter out in the end.   GCC for 
> the CoCo, replacement GIME, ethernet... I could go on and on.

I can answer your GIME replacement point.

it si still ongoing with lower priorities since there is already a device that can convert the 
Coco RGB to VGA monitors. A much simpler approach that does not require potential  
soldering skills from the end user. That was the main driving point behind that FPGA GIME 
chip. Beisdes I took on the idea to learn VHDL and FPGA programming. If the community 
still wants one then I can easily finish. Still the comm unity has a lot of wishes but clear cut 
idea of what is needed first and what to prioritize. Until that occurs, I do nothing. 

Besides I have only been working on that for about three years. The superboard has been in 
development for over 6 yrs. Is is shipping yet? I am not doing my work for profit or gain. I 
only offer my services to the community. If not wanted then no hard feelings. I continue on 
with my hobby development for my personal needs. 

For the Coco4,  most seemed happy with it being an emmulated software driven idea. I am 
a hardware engineer and my expertise in progamming software for Linux and Windoze is 
not even beginers level. If hardware is needed I can offer my services to anyone. But 
todevelope hardware one needs a clear and decisive path to follow. 

if all these appear to be excuses to y our then so be it. But my time is pecious to me and I 
will work on my needs first unless there is commonality in my personal needs and the Coco 
community in general. 
 
james