[Coco] PC in a Coco case project questions

[Ben Jimenez]

I have a couple of large pc cases too. I think of
computer cases like cars. Back in the old day they
were built like tanks, today some metal is so thin if
you push on it it will bend.  In cases though lighter
is easier to lug around. I feel you though.

Since i'm still in the brainstorming mode, I'm not
sure which case I will use. Since at the momment I
don't have one. I was thinking of replacing the key
board with a laptop keyboard or small standard
keyboard if I could not get the Coco keyboard going.

I'm thinking of going without a harddrive and adding a
multi-card reader to allow boot up of the system off
of a digital card. I'm looking into some slimmed down
linux versions that I could build on. I'm also looking
into using a GCC compiler to allow Coco BASIC code to
be converted and compiled to a linux bin. I've found a
couple that already allow the converting of other
BASIC's to bin for linux.  


--- wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:

> Power supply and such, you might have to use laptop
> components to fit, though I haven't researched
> low-profile desktop PC components  lately since I
> use towers, as tall as I can get them, I want
> POWER!!! and to hell with the green twits.  (My
> favorite case, and someday I'll build half a dozen
> CoCo 3s into one, was the AT&T 6486 big box that was
> built by Intel, though the previous 6386 built by
> Ollivetti is a close second).
> 
> Aside from having to gouge holes in the back of the
> old grey case (or were you planning a CoCo 2 or 3
> case? -- you didn't mention, but you'd still have to
> gouge holes and build board mounting spots) the
> keyboard is probably the trickiest bit.
> --
> Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net
> 
> These histrionics were probably unnecessary, since
> there was no reason to think anybody would be
> watching us with more than casual interest until I
> made my first move to follow Buchanon's trail, in
> London.  Still, somebody might check back this far
> later, and I always feel that if you're going to
> play a part, you might as well play it all the way,
> at least in public -- and it's hard to tell what's
> public and what isn't, these electronic days.
> Donald Hamilton, _The Devastators_, 1965
> 
>  -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: Ben Jimenez <ben_jimenez at yahoo.com>
> > Yes, I was wondering about the keyboard, and also
> the
> > power supply would have to be external (outside)
> the
> > case, like some of the laptops have. 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Rod Barnhart <rod.barnhart at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Ben Jimenez
> > > <ben_jimenez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would like to try and put a pc into a coco
> case.
> > > I
> > > > was wondering just how big of a project this
> would
> > > be
> > > > to get working. I've not done this type of
> project
> > > > before. I've built PC's old and new. I thought
> it
> > > > would be neet to make a emulated Coco in a
> coco
> > > case.
> > > > Has anyone done this before? I've seen alot of
> > > Coco
> > > > projects on the net.
> > > 
> > > I don't know if it's been done before, but it
> should
> > > be fairly easy to
> > > do using a small form-factor motherboard. Even
> > > interfacing the
> > > original CoCo keyboard shouldn't be too
> challenging.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Rod Barnhart aka Wintermute
> > > (http://www.nitemarecafe.com)
> > > 
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