[Coco] [Color Computer] c64 taking making a comback!?

[Frank Pittel]

Sounds great! Where do I get your coco-4 from? :-) ( for the humor impared
I'm joking )

I'm not sure that I agree that running an emulator on top of another OS on my
desktop computer (or laptop for that matter) gives any more bang for my buck.
Remember for most of us the coco is a "toy" that we pull out of storage from time
to time to play with. Any more "real" work is done on either our desktops or
laptops running windows or linux.

The Other Frank

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 11:23:13AM -0700, Steve Bjork wrote:
> The CoCo 4 project that I was working on did have everything that
> you want. It was fast, enhanced graphics modes and other
> improvements.  For those that wanted more emulation of the "CoCo
> experience" there was the CoCo 4 I/O board that could fit into into
> a CoCo 3 case with all the I/O ports supported like the Keyboard,
> Joystick, Cassette, Serial and 40-pin port.  Using a small ION PC,
> the whole thing could fit in a CoCo 3 case.
> 
> Yes, the CoCo4 project's enhanced graphics included a 720P graphics
> mode with 256 Color mode with a palette of 24 million colors and
> even direct color mode with each pixel 24 million colors.
> 
> When you get down to it, both are emulations.  Just the PC based one
> has more bang for your buck.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 6/9/2011 11:20 AM, Frank Pittel wrote:
> >Having used many coco emulators over the years I found that I never liked
> >using any of them. The truth is they always felt like an emulator and not like
> >a real coco. The coco3fpga project feels like a real coco. The recent increase in
> >the number of available colors makes the project the only contender in the "race"
> >for the coco4!! All that's keeping the coco3fpga from being productized<SP?>  is
> >the lack of someone that wants to do it and demand (percieved and real).
> >
> >The Other Frank
> 
> 
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