[Coco] 6 Chip ^809 Computer -> Kipper SBC

[Salvador Garcia]

and also for Kip's sanity.

That ship sailed a long time ago for all of us. A sane person looks at $20 and thinks "Twenty dollars" (or whatever currency that uses this symbol). But yes, I agree with what you say.


Salvador




-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Grubbs <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 15, 2015 9:29 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] 6 Chip ^809 Computer -> Kipper SBC



> Yes, but this is mainly a controller/experimenter board, and wasn't intended
to be a full fledged general purpose computer like the CoCo. It has many other
limitations as it is, so I'd think limiting it to 7 or so add-ons wouldn't be a
big problem for a minimal chip count board. If it was intended to be a general
purpose computer then there are other things that it should have as well (such
as video and keyboard on the main board), and the chip count would need to go up
accordingly. 
> 
>  
> Frank Swygert 
> Fix-It-Frank Handyman Service 
>
803-604-6548 
> 

Yes! Thank you for also stating this. I think all of the ideas
people are submitting for this SBC are great and should definitely be taken
under consideration. However, this is just the first version. It was never meant
to be a Color Computer. It's a super-simple bare bones single board machine with
as few ICs as possible. Just happens to share the same CPU and kind of the same
version of BASIC in ROM.

At this point, any new ideas or suggestions that add
to the complexity or chip count should probably be reserved for a later
revision. I say this for people like me who originally just wanted Grant's SBC
and also for Kip's sanity. He has a lot going on with the RGB-VGA boards, the
WorkPak2+, memory upgrades, etc. We need to get this first version of Kip's SBC
off the ground and into the eager hands of the fans :)

Keep the ideas coming of
course, but let's not delay or derail Kip's efforts


 		 	   		  

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