[Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?

[RJLCyberPunk]

If It's going to be a USB device that you plug to a PC or Mac. is going to 
need to run on either system at least partially that's a given just FYI.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jorge Renato Machin Ibarra" <jorge_machin at hotmail.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?



>

> I am one of the few persons who don't want a new coco 4 as a "new kind of 

> beast" because the machines I love are the original color computers. What 

> I want it's a modern way to develop new programs for my old color 

> computers or an easy way to play my old games. So this is my wish list:

>

>

> 1. A modern text editor in DECB.

>

> 2. A modern file manager.

>

> 3. A modern ROM manager. Just select your rom and run it. The ROM manager 

> could have screenshots like the wii or  the nintendo DSi .

>

> 4. A modern BASIC language compatible with the DECB. Just like Borland's 

> Turbo Basic could compile GWBasic Programs and write new programs without 

> line numbers. It would be great if you can compile the modern programs in 

> machine language and run them in an old color computer.

>

> 5. A very high speed mode.

>

> 6. Include a Serial Pak.

>

> 7. Include Music and Voice Paks emulators.

>

> 8. Use memory cards or usb memory cards.

>

> 9. Compatible with Color Computer 2 and 3.

>

> 10. No windows/linux needed. Just turn on the device and see my beloved 

> green screen.

>

> 11. Use modern display, keyboards and mices. It would be great If the coco 

> 4 could have his own screen as an option.

>

> 12. A web browser mode to let me browse internet and download programs 

> from Internet.

>

>

> Several points of this wish list we already have them with the hardware 

> and software of Cloud 9, Roger Taylor and others, but it would be great if 

> you could have all this things in a new small hardware solution. Maybe my 

> idea of a coco 4 is unviable. Just dreaming.

>

>

> Thanks you very much for keeping the coco live

>

> Jorge Machin

>

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