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

[Aaron Wolfe]

Yes, this is the crux of it.   The emulator based coco 4 sounds great,
but all it can actually provide is theories and speculation.
The FPGA based coco 4 is sitting on my desk and providing me with
quite a good bit of fun right now, for less than $200.


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com> wrote:
> 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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