[Coco] The Tri-Annual CoCo 4 Thread

[Mark McDougall]

On 13/02/2014 8:30 AM, Michael Robinson wrote:

> The assembly language of the COCO
> is more popular I understand than the assembly language used by XT's and
> IA32 machines.

Ummm... ?

> A COCO 4 should in theory run: Linux, Syllable, MenuetOS, and ReactOS.
> This means 32 bit is a requirement and direct memory access hardware
> as well as memory protection hardware are a must.

(snip)

So many conflicting and unrealistic requirements I don't even know where to 
start. You basically describe a modern PC running a Coco emulator, except 
for a few minor details such as ROM pack support. The 'Coco4' you describe 
is never, ever, going to happen. It's just not.

Regards,

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