[Coco] What we want out of the CoCo was:c64 taking making a comback!?

[Steve Bjork]

While I would not call the "CoCo experience" a toy, I would call it a 
hobby.  (Hobby is our code word for big boy toys.)

For me, writing code for the 6809 is my hobby because I really enjoy 
coding for that CPU.  But at one time, I did use the CoCo for more.
I used a CoCo as a controller for small hardware projects.  But these 
days, I use everything from Basic Stamp to BasicX to Arduino to PIC 
chips for my simple hardware projects.   For larger projects, I use a PC 
as the controller for lighting, sound and animation systems for shows 
and displays.

Other than hobby coding on the 6809, there is very little that I use the 
CoCo for these days.  (Well, I do test code and hardware for the FDC 
emulator project.)  But that's why I find CoCo emulators running on a PC 
a good fit for me. I can test out the code on the emulator and than drop 
it on the real CoCo for the final test.  (It also speeds of code 
development too.)

So, the real question is why do *YOU* (as in all of you) need a new 
version of the CoCo?

Steve

On 6/9/2011 12:11 PM, Frank Pittel 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