[Coco] OT: Gramical nitpiking >My CC3>CC4

[George Ramsower]

Notice I chipped into the Subject line? HeHe.

This little stuff really tickles me.

 A little nitpicking on grammar.........

[ If you're A.D.D. .... don't read] long post!

 Oh! It's so funny how commas can be a big deal when daily, we see things 
such as...

 "If I can't get this done, then I might loose my project"
 "I like this more then the other one.."
 "I like this alot. Because alot of the time I....."


Each of these three sentences would make little or no sense at all if, you 
didn't really know what they meant to say. .

 Loose and lose.... then and than.... look 'em up!.

 ALOT IS NOT A WORD!

Lately, it seems we don't have enough to do. When Americans aren't in a real 
war, they start fighting each other.

When a real war breaks out, everyone pulls together and stands together as a 
unit, fights together as a unit and prevails.

Americans have always worked this way. It's in our heritage and (I think) in 
our DNA!

Right now, we have a silent war going on in our community that few really 
understand. Without this understanding, we lose sight of what we really need 
to be focused on.......

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The Coco is dying. Someday, there won't be any left. I'll be emotionally 
crushed when this day comes.

Since the death of new Cocos from Tandy, folke have dreamed of a CC4. Some 
attempts have been made.. and failed eventually or have just been a 
flash-in-the-pan sort of thing such as add-ons.

This will always be the case, I believe. No one will gain wealth and fame 
for developing something for a coco or possibly, a NEW coco. They will 
probably break even, financially. However, we would NEVER lose with personal 
satisfaction.
 Personal Satisfaction can't be bought or traded. I don't need to explain 
that.


  I really do take great interest in the COCO RELATED subjects and contents 
of our messages.

  There's parts that I don't understand, at times. That's okay!
  Sometimes, it's even WAY off the topic of this list.

  Like I said Sunday, I can go back and check it out later.

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 THE WAR!


 This war we have now is a war on preserving/continuing the coco.


 I think it's time for a new CC. I like my old CC3. Plenty of RAM, the OS is 
stable and I'm comfortable with it.
 I like OS-9 L2, my CC3 machines and the ease of interfacing to them.
 They are the neatest thing since sliced bread!

  Basic09 is the peanut butter and jelly to that bread.

 I can actually program them, build add-ons, do real-time tasks and operate 
real-world things with them.
 Chips are plentifull, pulled from other circuit boards. The rest will 
always be, such as capacitors, resistors and coils and .... and

 Anyway.

 A new coco would be nice. One that would EXACTLY emulate a CC3 with the 
exception of:

 The keyboard will have to be a modern keyboard. It's the easiest way.
 The video should be able to drive a modern monitor. Same graphics, same 
resolutions. Expanded capabilities, I suppose, would be nice too.

 The expansion port and the DIN devices should be the same. The only DIN 
plug I use is for the printer.

 OS-9 L2 and all the other software for the old coco should run just fine. 
This new coco should work exactly the same as the coco we are familiar with.
 The expansion port should work as did the original color computer. Use 
WaitStates if necessary.

 The only difference would be speed and whatever patches are necessary for 
RSBASIC and OS-9 L2 to operate as intended to work but, at a higher speed. 
Actually, the only thing I need RSBASIC for is to type DOS <enter>

Okay, Nitros9 also.

 I would be tickled pink to have a 20mhz CC3 that would use my existing 
hardware. I can easily get another keyboard and monitor. However, I cannot 
easily replace all the stuff that plugs into a coco and the software I've 
developed for it.
 My CNC stuff would work faster and better also!

 This is selfish of me, I know.

  I want MORE in a coco.

 More speed!

 Just simply.... more SPEED!

 George

 Now STOP picking on each other, already!