[Coco] CoCo3FPGA development - WAS: Coco 4 project dead?

[Fedor Steeman]

Hi,

I know this subject only superficially, but with the growing users of
CoCo3FPGA boards, I was wondering if anyone was developing any special
programs like e.g. games that take advantage of the increased clocking
speed?

Also, I presume that the increased speed also enables graphics with higher
resolution and colour depth. Any signs of the project going in the
direction of an extended GIME or other graphical extension? Now that would
make it even more CoCo4-ish!

/Fedor

On 24 January 2012 02:40, thebig_a_27 <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Last I heard Steve talk about it, several months back now, he was taking a
> new approach towards some of the same goals but in a different form that
> wouldn't be a new computer.
>
> That is not the only project around, however.  Depending on what your
> concept of a "CoCo 4" is, you may find that it is already available.
>  Several of us have been exploring Gary Becker's CoCo3FPGA project.
>  Although technically it says "3" in the name, this is a machine that runs
> at 25 Mhz, has built in VGA output and stereo sound (and soon, SD card
> reader for removable storage.. right now it uses DriveWire, although at a
> blazing 460kbps).  It can store lots of ROM images and switch between them,
> it has 8MB ram onboard that isn't yet in play but may be someday (512k is
> available now)... there are new graphics modes, new I/O capabilities to
> explore.. I'm probably forgetting as many cool things as I've remembered,
> but hopefully you get the idea.  This thing is a blast, and it exists now
> and works great right now.
> There are some limitations which are quickly falling away as Gary makes it
> even better, but the system is extremely capable already.
>
> Here is the yahoo group for what I definitely call my "CoCo 4".
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoCo3FPGA/
>
>
>
> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, Ben Jimenez <ben_jimenez at ...> wrote:
> >
> > Just wondering if the coco 4 project is dead. I see the coco4.comwebsite is still up, but nothing new about the project for such a long time.
> >
>
>
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