[Coco] Gimex & CoCoMem

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On 6/4/2019 2:30 AM, Walter Zambotti wrote:
> What is the current state of these two projects/products?

I can't speak completely for Ed, but at least at CoCoFEST!, both 
projects were just that, still projects.

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> Specifically what Nitros9 support is there?

Nitros9 would support both out of the box, since both emulate the things 
they are replacing.

I know Nitros9 boots on both, as I watched it boot on both units at the 
show.

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> Are they available for purchasing?
No.
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> Are they compatible with each other?

Yes and no.  I believe they can be piggybacked (CoCoMEM first, then 
GIME-X into the GIME socket on CoCoMEM), but then the keyboard would not 
fit.  As well, it's impractical.

Not sure what to say about that long term.  Since there's quite a bit of 
conversation on the topic, I did reach out to Ed a few years back as I 
was designing CoCoMEM to see if collaboration was possible, but I 
believe Ed was concerned about too much functionality on the design at 
once (I know Gary also suggested putting some RAM on the GIME-X design, 
but received a similar answer).  Once the design is working well and a 
new board needs to be made, things may change.  Of the two, the GIME-X 
is the more complex unit, and the CoCoMEM functionality, coupled with a 
few RAM ICs, would easily fit in a small space in that FPGA.

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