JamesD #1 Posted April 20, 2020 From a post on discord. Lots of pics over there. 320x225x256 colors 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrDave #2 Posted April 20, 2020 The coco3 was a computer with alot of potential ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linville #3 Posted April 21, 2020 But to be honest, just about any machine has a lot of potential when you start replacing the main chips with modern tech... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrDave #4 Posted April 21, 2020 Thats what the Coco3 did to the coco2 ..same cpu ..just helped unleash its potential.. Alot back then was a $$$ factor.. the ti994a had 16k on the video side and only 256 bytes on the cpu side.. it was a $$$ limitation.. Im sure the designers might of liked 64k each side .. But your correct in implying a speak and spell with a 64bit arm processor could do great things too..😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD #5 Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, MrDave said: The coco3 was a computer with alot of potential ! 1 hour ago, linville said: But to be honest, just about any machine has a lot of potential when you start replacing the main chips with modern tech... Yup This would have been impractical back in the day to say the least due to the RAM available at the time. Yes, they could have done more with the GIME, but it also would have cost more. If they had only added a sound chip, and a real time clock. Edited April 21, 2020 by JamesD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr SQL #6 Posted April 23, 2020 Another CoCo programmer from bitd had discussed accessing the 256 color mode on the GIME; looks like that pic is doing the same - what is the link to the Discord discussion thread James? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rietveld #7 Posted April 23, 2020 26 minutes ago, Mr SQL said: Another CoCo programmer from bitd had discussed accessing the 256 color mode on the GIME; looks like that pic is doing the same - what is the link to the Discord discussion thread James? https://discord.gg/4J5nHXm invite to the coco discord https://discordapp.com/channels/301741082600013824/701668380423356467 GIME x sub 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Briza1 #8 Posted April 30, 2020 On 4/23/2020 at 10:53 AM, Mr SQL said: Another CoCo programmer from bitd had discussed accessing the 256 color mode on the GIME; looks like that pic is doing the same - what is the link to the Discord discussion thread James? what is BITD? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesD #9 Posted April 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Briza1 said: what is BITD? Seriously Briza? What upside down country do you come from anyway? Back In The Day Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Briza1 #10 Posted April 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, JamesD said: Seriously Briza? What upside down country do you come from anyway? Back In The Day lol I am not fully up to spec when it comes to Internet terms, I know enough too get me through 🙂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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