[Coco] OS9 68K, MM/1 software and questions

[David Ladd]

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Actually I wish there was a emulator to emulate the MM/1.  It would be nice
to be able to run OS-9/68K on a faster system these days :D

That would be a nifty new branch for MAME to take wouldn't it? :D

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|David Ladd|
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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> On 29/12/2015 12:48 PM, Zippster wrote:
>
>> Nick,
>>
>> No, they are not a CoCo4 for sure.  I got the impression from reading old
>> articles
>> and newsletters that it was a successor to the CoCo line only for those
>> who were
>> into OS9 on the CoCo.
>>
>
> And yes, the remakes will be fairly expensive.  I don’t know for sure yet,
>> but I’d guess around $250 for
>> a set of three boards (CPU, I/O, and Minibus).  It can’t be helped, the
>> IC’s alone are going to run
>> ~ $120 for a set of boards. Not counting SIMMS for the IO board.  Then
>> PCBs, passives, sockets, connectors, etc…
>>
>
> If the OS-9 68K is an improvement on 6809 OS-9, it would be intersting.
> Good to see how OS-9 evolved after Microware dropped the 6809 version.
>
> I'd need to read some info on it to decide whether it's worth saving up
> for.
>
> My hope is that the project will go well, and will leave in it’s wake a
>> nice archive with design files, software,
>> a history put together from what can be scoured up.  A small, and
>> hopefully somewhat complete testament
>> to a rare and interesting machine and a piece of (in a way) Color
>> Computer history.
>>
>
> Too bad there wasn't an emulator to make it run like a CoCo3
>
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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