[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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