[Coco] First experiences with my DE1

[Louis Ciotti]

My guess is the with only one person really developing the COCO3FPGA (Correct me if I am wrong on the only one person part) the documentation that has been developed is sufficient in his view.


On Feb 16, 2014, at 4:21 AM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> My DE1 has arrived and I was keen to get my CoCo3FPGA system up and running!
> 
> Many hours later, after harassing a few kind people with questions to the difficulties I was having, I finally got my DE1 running as a CoCo3... sort of.
> 
> There were still some problems and my CoCo3 was booting in Extended Basic only.
> 
> It was clear to me that for any complete newbie such as me to the world of FPGA, there is a real need for first-time-users instructions to get the CoCo3FPGA up and running smoothly.
> 
> I decided to see how other communities have been handling the DE1 and I thought I search for the MSX systems.
> 
> In less than a 3 minutes, Goggle search had me at a page describing the entire process of getting the MSX files and how to load them into a DE1.
> 
> After grabbing the files and following the clear instructions on the website, I had an MSX 3 systems up and running within 10 minutes after my initial Google search.
> 
> Why can't we have something like this for the CoCo3FPGA to entice new users?
> 
> So, When I finally get my CoCo3FPGA up and running properly, I plan to create a similar page for this to explain to other newbies how to setup the DE1 with CoCo3FPGA.
> 
> The MSX instructions for those with a DE1 and wish to try it out are here:
> 
> http://www.msxinfo.net/2013/03/19/howto-flashing-the-altera-de1-as-a-msx/
> 
> Nick
> 
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