[Coco] DE1 vs Raspberry PI

[Richard E. Crislip]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:54:30 -0400
Mathieu Chouinard <chouimat at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Richard E. Crislip
> <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > <snip>
> >> The Pi isn't the best thing to use though. Many use it because it's
> >> small and cheap. A little desktop computer or a mini ITX board
> >> would be faster and more capable, but of course cost more. An ECS
> >> Liva X is $120 at NewEgg and would be a great little box for an
> >> emulator. Older laptops work well too. Anything with a dual core
> >> processor will be plenty fast. If I were to use a Pi I'd get the
> >> Pi2 with the quad core processor. Frank Swygert Fix-It-Frank
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> >>
> >
> > You are absolutely correct in all the you stated. I have and do use
> > older PCs (as well as new ones) to emulate the CoCo. As with
> > everything CoCo, it's a hobby, but more importantly, it is a
> > learning experience IE brain exercise that will, hopefully, keep
> > Alzheimer at bay 8-).
> If you do this, you won't be able to run for office in any developed
> country since you won't a be a drooling moron ...
> 
> 

Rats! You have thoroughly dashed my dreams. Curse you! 8-).