[Coco] CoCo4! 50% done!

[Steve]

Bill, Windows 8.X boots very fast. In most cases, faster than Linux.

Before I get all that Windows hate mail, I've always used the best 
computer or OS for the job. In some cases, Windows just works better 
with less support needs when it comes to my clients.  But most of my 
Servers, Routers and NAS are Linux based. (I love Synology NAS.) The 
server room does have one Windows server and that's for testing out 
client setups and run my Windows Platform Development.

While it's true that you will never get the instant boot of the CoCo 
from the 80's, computers do a lot more since than.  So, they have a 
bigger OS to load and setup.

Steve

On 2/6/2014 11:25 AM, Bill Pierce wrote:
> Frank, just buy a cheap old laptop off of fleabay with windows on it. Put Vcc 1.4.3b and DW4 in the Start folder and it will boot into Vcc and DW4 every time :-)
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> I would still like to see an emulator set up with the OS in the
> background so that the computer booted up ready to go as a CoCo. Strip the main
> OS down so it boots faster, and only include a few native utilities that might
> be helpful.
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