[Coco] CoCo-X is not dead

[Bill Loguidice]

Yes, the C-64 DTV by Jeri Ellsworth in essentially a slightly enhanced C-64
on a chip, and the Atari Flashback 2/2+ by Legacy Engineering is an Atari
2600 on a chip. Both designs are no longer produced. In the case of the
Atari Flashback 2, Atari commissioned a cheaper-to-produce emulation-based
design for future products, and I'm not sure why future DTV products
weren't produced (the chip did appear in a TV game or two after, but not
for a number of years). Probably a similar cost issue. In both cases both
units sold hundreds of thousands of units, though that market is no longer
as strong as it was back then.

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On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:

>
> I do love the idea of building modern recreations -- like owning a modern
> remake of a jukebox or Coca Cola machine, or even a recreated arcade unit.
> It would be nice to see someplace figure out a business case for Retro
> Replicas.
>
> Isn't there already a C64-in-a-joystick that is a modern one-chip type
> recreation of the C64?
>
> -
> Allen Huffman - PO Box 22031 - Clive IA 50325 - 515-999-0227 (vmail/TXT
> only)
> Sub-Etha Software - http://www.subethasoftware.com - Established 1990!
> Sent from my MacBook.
>
> Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) -
> http://www.glensideccc.com
> 1983 CoCo BBS ported to Arduino? Sure. Telnet:
> allenhuffman.dnsalias.com:2323 (nights)
>
>
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