[Coco] Multipak redesign/replacement / New CoCo...

[Ronivon Costa]

Hey Man,

Don't try to take all the fan out of us!!!!
"One do it all" board is fan also, but it will not mean we will abandon the
rest.

:)


On 23 February 2015 at 16:52, Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com>
wrote:

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> Having read a lot of this thread, pas threads about CoCo 4 (followed by
> complaints that it comes up every year), and other new hardware products
> for the CoCo, I have the following thoughts...
> Let's face it...The
> CoCo hardware is aging and will continue to become more scarce. While
> there are lots of new products/projects that address the peripherals,
> there really isn't a decent drop in place, ready to go 100%
> compatible CoCo hardware platform that I'm aware of.
> At what point
> do all these add-on's become useless as more and more CoCo's die, become
> un-repairable and unobtainable? I don't know.
> Wouldn't it make more
> sense to focus on creating a new Fully CoCo 2/3 Compatible Motherboard (as
> opposed to a *New* CoCo 4 that seems to get Poo Poo'd every time
> it comes up)  that incorporates many of the features that all these
> individual projects provide? Also, maybe make the board fit in either the
> original CoCo case (if feasible) and a standard PC Case allowing users to
> install in the case of their choice. A board that provides VGA Port,
> Composite Video, Audio, USB (with on board logic for Keyboard,
> Joystick and keyboard so no drivers are needed), Sound, RS-232, Drive
> controller, etc all on-board with additional expansion ports available
> instead of needing a Multipak. The board designed to use a standard ATX
> style Power Supply.
> I'm just brainstorming here, but it seems to me
> that a single board where most commonly used and needed features that
> could share resources and have solid on-board connections to the CoCo
> resources makes more sense than a ton of separate new boards and products
> that connect to the original CoCo that could die at any point and be
> difficult to replace. Cost might be greatly reduced overall vs. buying all
> the separate items. Lot's of possibilities here, just figured I'd toss
> this out there :)
>
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