[Coco] FPGA the future of coco?

[Nick Marentes]

That's what the FPGA CoCo3 has. It just needs to someone to pick up the 
project where it's stalled.

I keep saying this but... the most cost effective way to create a 
"CoCo4" or at least a "CoCo3+" is to tap in to an existing FPGA design 
so as to eliminate the need to design/build a new board.

The MIST board is a good option and has a wide market potential since it 
taps into various other markets to achieve a wider cost distribution 
than a design which relies on the weight of the small CoCo market alone.

Nick


On 14/09/2014 4:25 AM, Al Hartman wrote:
> I would just like to see a Coco 3 version of a Replica I. A 
> reproduction of the Coco 3 that has VGA output, uses PS/2 or USB 
> keyboards, 512k on board minimum, real RS-232 (Deluxe RS-232 Pack 
> compatible), all the other ports, and has a cartridge port for 
> backward compatibility with Coco Hardware.
>
> Possible enhancements could be an ethernet port, stereo sound (Speech 
> and Sound Pak compatible), hi-res joystick interface (CocoMax), 
> SD-Card port, parallel port, 80-column Wordpak compatibility, and 
> anything else appropriate for an old 8-bit computer.
>
> We need something that will run existing software, not a new 
> incompatible platform that few will code for.
>
> -[ Al ]-
>