[Coco] 6847 FPGA

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 08 September 2014 11:52:03 Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Yes it is 80x40. The bare bone costs 39 eur what gives 50 usd.
> 
> 
> 
> Luis Felipe Antoniosi

I wonder how much hotter the coco's power supply parts would run.  I 
didn't see a power draw listed.  Thats always a critical point in the 
coco's.  OTOH, modern chip fabs cut the power about 99% over the 30yo 
stuff, so it could even be a net advantage.

Still, it might be an interesting project to see just how compatible it 
could be made.  Os9 drivers should be a piece of cake since we already 
have a decent one for level 1.
 
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 08 September 2014 11:20:53 Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) did
> > opine
> > 
> > And Gene did reply:
> > > Hey all, I found this:
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/hoglet67/AtomGodilVideo/wiki
> > > 
> > > This FPGA boards connects direct into the 6847 slot and provides
> > > VGA output. I think it should work out of the box with our beloved
> > > cocos 1&2.
> > > 
> > > It costs 49EUR though. But it's an interesting thing with extra
> > > features and  80x24 char output.
> > 
> > I read that as 80 x 40 lines. 49 EUR = in USD?  would be a huge
> > improvement in a cc1 or cc2.  Maybe even in the old grey ghost!
> > 
> > > Luis Felipe Antoniosi
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS