[Coco] CoCoFEST! 2010...

[Brian Blake]

I agree wholeheartedly; precisely why I have a CoCo3, MPI and FDD set up on
my desk at home.

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com> wrote:

> I'm not Mark but I'd like to chime in. There were a number of conversations
> about practical coco related applications for the fpga and fpga coco. One
> conversation topic involved using an fpga as a gime replacement. This would
> be a practical way to keep a growing number of cocos with bad gime chips
> out
> of landfills and in operation. The second conversation topic was that since
> the
> a board could be made to hold joystick, bitbanger connectors, cartridge
> connectors,
> etc and easily fit into a coco case. It would be possible to construct a
> coco 6+.
>
> This would have the advantages of using the coco keyboard, cartridges, etc.
> In my
> never humble opinion half of the fun of working with my coco includes using
> the coco
> keyboard and having the cartridges in an mpi next to it. As far as I'm
> concerned take
> all that away and I'd just as soon use a coco emulator like vcc. The coco
> look and feel
> is a major part of using a coco!!
>
> Frank
>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:45:59AM -0400, Brian Blake wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > Glad you made the trip safely. Glad to hear there's going to be another
> > 'Fest.
> >
> > In your opinion, does the FPGA CoCo have a future as a potential
> replacement
> > CoCo? Sounds very interesting as a potential kit type project.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
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