[Coco] The Tri-Annual CoCo 4 Thread

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 09 February 2014 15:47:27 Bill Loguidice did opine:

> On a side note, maybe one way to expand the "power" of our community is
> to team up with the Dragon community. It's not unrealistic to think
> that if/when some type of solution is put forth that is generally
> agreeable to most of us (i.e., willing to support it with both money
> and technical input) it wouldn't necessarily be all that hard to
> incorporate a Dragon mode.
> 
> -Bill

Now there is a thought that has randomly crossed my mind several times in 
the last decade and change.
 
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> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Steve Batson
> 
> <steve at batsonphotography.com>wrote:
> > I'm still amazed at the amount of disagreement that continues to go
> > with these CoCo Replacments and The CoCo 4, CoCo X, Super CoCo or
> > whatever you want to call it. Quite some time back, some were saying
> > they wanted the "Real Look and Feel of the Real Hardware" or
> > something to that effect. Some want a hardware solution, some want
> > emulated solutions and some want a hybrid and as Steve mentioned,
> > people loose interest because of all the bickering. More recently,
> > people are showing more concern about the diminishing supply of
> > replacement parts. Then I see discussions about the community
> > shrinking but wanting to have something that could help it grow.
> > 
> > Seriously, how many newbies do you think you can attract if you can't
> > provide a somewhat simple out of the box option for any of these new
> > creations? Granted some old timers may jump on it, and a few
> > hacker/techies.
> > 
> > I personally still see emulation or some type of modern hybrid of
> > current hardware and emulation being the best option to keep things
> > going. I forget who it was that did it, but someone put an emulator
> > on a Raspberry PI and packaged into a CoCo case. With all the new
> > super small PC's on a card, that seems a perfect way to satisfy the
> > look and feel crowd. For those that don't care as much about the case
> > it's in, I still don't see the issue with a Rock Solid Emulator, 100%
> > Compatible with some ability to add on new features designed to to
> > run on Windows or Linux or maybe all of the popular OS and Platforms
> > with the ability to plug in a device with real CoCo ports, hopefully
> > from a USB 2 or 3 port.
> > 
> > I don't know about the rest of you, but my space is limited so being
> > able to use existing computer, monitor and other connected devices is
> > a huge plus. Being able to plug in an adapter to a USB or other
> > external port if I need to connect to some CoCo specific hardware is
> > much desired over trying to drag out the real machine and find a spot
> > to set everything up hoping that everything will fire up without
> > problems. Like most of us, I don't earn my living using the CoCo and
> > with my job and other activities, time is limited. When I decide to
> > do anything with the CoCo, it's usually on an emulator.
> > 
> > There's obviously a lot of experience an knowledge in the Coco
> > community to make something work, it just seems like there's going to
> > need to be some collaboration and compromise if anything is to
> > happen.
> > 
> > I'd rather see the CoCo saved in a way many can easily enjoy than to
> > fade off into the sunset. My 2 cents.
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