[Coco] CoCo3 accelerator add-on

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Heh... no problem.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



On Apr 27, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Bill Pierce wrote:

> 
> Curtis.... you just solved a problem I was having in a program I'm writing.
> I had turned the stdin stdout buffers off to work on a problem I was having with printing text in C and never bothered to turn them back on.
> Later I started having strange problems and have spent almost 2 months trying to figure out what was wrong. I just turned the buffers back on and the problem went away
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Apr 27, 2013 11:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo3 accelerator add-on
> 
> 
> Don't forget to try buffering your characters so that you can do a larger (and 
> less often) I$Write calls... it will make a big difference. :)
> 
> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) wrote:
> 
>> my cp/m emulator would run faster too :)
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au>wrote:
>> 
>>> Here's an idea I've been tossing around for awhile and wonder if it is
>>> possible/feasible.
>>> 
>>> The GIME chip is so tied down to the speed of the 6809 in order to keep
>>> video syncronised for output to a monitor.
>>> 
>>> As we've seen in the past, clocking up the 6809 just makes the GIME lose
>>> video sync.
>>> 
>>> What if a replacement 6809 could be created using an FPGA with adaption to
>>> fit the standard 6809 socket?
>>> 
>>> The FPGA would ensure that the signals to the GIME remain what it expects
>>> but internally, it can process much faster.
>>> 
>>> This will be similar to Sock Master 4Mhz mod which made the 6809 slow down
>>> when being accessed by the GIME (or vice versa) but number crunching can
>>> run at a higher rate.
>>> 
>>> A faster CoCo3 opens the doors to more complex programs such as a Wolf3D
>>> game (graphics still at old speed but number crunching for the math much
>>> faster).
>>> 
>>> Possible? Another pipe dream?
>>> 
>>> Nick
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