Anyone use MISTer for Coco?

[Gamemoose]

I've been kicking around the idea of getting back into CoCo-ing and with prices on actual hardware just being more than I'm willing to spend, I thought about going the FPGA route. I read that there is a CoCo 3 core for the mister but I haven't read any feedback on how well it works.   Does anyone here use mister and the CoCo core or know how well it all works?

[Hwlngmad]

30 minutes ago, Gamemoose said:

I've been kicking around the idea of getting back into CoCo-ing and with prices on actual hardware just being more than I'm willing to spend, I thought about going the FPGA route. I read that there is a CoCo 3 core for the mister but I haven't read any feedback on how well it works.   Does anyone here use mister and the CoCo core or know how well it all works?

From what I know (granted, it is very little), I believe the CoCo 3 core on the MiSTer should be good.  I believe the fellas and/or contributors over at Amigos Retro Gaming (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsK4QYe2tRdIxoZxwkX3Ww) might be able to provide further information for you.  Definitely check them out as there are a couple of videos going over what they recommend MiSTer wise and how to set things up.

[youxia]

It's hard to say precisely what state it's in (as is often the case with FPGA cores). There are actually 2 CoCo projects for MiSTer, one open source and the other on Patreon.

 

https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1418

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/CoCo2_MiSTer

http://www.cococommunity.net/how-to-build-a-mr-coco/

 

I've been meaning to check it out for quite some time now but haven't got around to it yet. I think the open source one only supports .cas files which is a bit of a bummer.

[MrDave]

I used vcc on windows for my coco3 needs untill i was able to get an affordable one.. but now i still use vcc for 6309 edtasm programming... the high speed is great for compiling code..