[Coco] Off Topic but neato "Tiny $35 Raspberry Pi computer causes big stir on launch day"

[Bill Pierce]

Ok Steve (Bjork)... you went there... now I will too... :-)
Over the past years, I watched many, many disscussions of a "Coco 4" take place. As Steve said, there are those who say anything else is just an emulation... First I have to say this... The Color Computer 3 was NOT a Color Computer 2. It was (for the most part) basically just an emulation of the Coco 2... and a VERY bad one at that!! 50% or more of the Coco 2 software would NOT run unmodified on a Coco 3.They had different graphics, different memory, different chips, and for the most part, different capabilities. That's why they called it The Coco "3"...  and not a "Coco 2.2" or "Coco 2A". A step forward. If we, as the Coco Community, want to ever see a progression of the Coco, it WILL be in emulation. That is as far as the Coco 3 part goes.
<TIC> "Nitro Color Computer 4: 10 Core Pentainium 240bit 500ghz, 99 giggabytes SDDR 25 Ram, 1,000,000x1,000,000 graphics resolution supporting up to 100,000,000 colors, up to 25x100 terrabyte solidstate HDs (only while running NitroglySO9 v6809.0.E), 12xSFUSB (SuperFirey USB) ports, 4xSRS 10.1 Sound cards for Multi-Track recording, Super ComposoRGB TV output (for large flatscreen monitors and Drive-in movie theaters) , built in 10 port network card supporting Drivewire99... and the list goes on... Just type <MODE=Coco3> and full Coco 3 emulation starts wth 110% backwards compatibility!! Type <MODE=Coco2> and your whole system crashes while running Zaxxon :-) Tandy Joystick port card $20 each (CocoMouse driver required), joysticks not included. All on 4 linked & hotrodded FPGAs.
All Parts available from Tandy National Parts (in kit form only, soldering required)
I (for one) would download the source from MiroSourceforge.commie (nighty builds in Assfault.wad form availlable) and compile it in my Super-Extended-Visual Basic09 Studio...

Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3 
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bjork <6809er at srbsoftware.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 11:55 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic but neato "Tiny $35 Raspberry Pi computer causes big stir on launch day"


Be careful, The CoCo 4 was to use a micro PC board with a CoCo 
mulator.  The outcry that it's not a real CoCo (just emulation) was so 
ad that I kill the project.
On 2/29/2012 8:31 AM, Rod Barnhart wrote:
 I was considering picking one up and doing CoCo emulation on it. Maybe
 wire an actual CoCo keyboard to a USB interface and put it inside a
 dead CoCo's case... Hmmm... Project planning time... ;)

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