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

[Jorge Renato Machin Ibarra]

I don't want a USB device that you plug to a PC or Mac. I want a color computer that uses memory cards or USB memory cards as a alternative to hard disks. Something like SuperIDE Interface or MicroSD Drive Pak.

Sorry for my bad english.
 
Jorge Machin
 

> From: cyberpunk at prtc.net

> To: coco at maltedmedia.com

> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:17:40 -0400

> Subject: Re: [Coco] What would a CoCo successor have to have as a minimum?

> 

> 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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