[Coco] Hi! I'm new here!

[Bill Nobel]

Actually Bill is right, I run my VCC at  ~32Mhz,for CPU.  I get very good results, but sometimes a bit of lag on key input.

Bill Nobel

> On Mar 2, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> 
> Hugo, welcome to the list.
> Vcc is a little off but not too bad. Some things are slighly slower, some faster.
> You can speed up the CPU in "configuration/cpu/overclock cpu" and boost drive speed in "cartridge/fd-502 config/overclock drives".
> There is also a "throttle" but it can cause doubled keystrokes and mouse clicks, so it's not too usable.
> My real Coco3 and monitor sit right next to my PC monitor, so I see the slight differences in speed, but as I said, it's not to bad.
> And yes.... the Coco was that slow, but fast for it's time " :-)
> 
> 
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugo Dufort <hugo at seshat.ca>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 2, 2015 9:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Hi! I'm new here!
> 
> 
> It's amazing to see how many Coco fans there are in Quebec!
> 
> I only wish I could
> make it to the CocoFest in Chicago, but with the 
> kids and work and distance,
> it's not obvious for me.
> 
> Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to program
> hi-res graphics 
> without using the Basic functions. In parallel I'm immerging
> myself in 
> ASM but it's been such a long time, I'll have to re-learn. Most
> notions 
> are fuzzy at best -- pushing registers on the stack before jumping,
> etc.
> 
> I'm wondering if the Coco3 has always been so slow, or if it's the VCC
> 
> emulation slowing down my programs. Any thoughts?
> 
> Hugo
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