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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: Re: New Coco III
Message-ID: <184@gilbbs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 05:17:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 23 05:17:00 1986
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In article <331@ius2.cs.cmu.edu>, ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP writes:
> In article <2439@watale.UUCP> rsanderson@watale.UUCP (Roger K. Sanderson P.Eng.) writes:
> >In article <807@ihwpt.UUCP> knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen) writes:
> >>Last weekend I got some pretty solid rumors ... about the new
> >>Coco III.  Are you ready?
> >>
> >>Lower case (at last!!!) and a Shift-Lock key.  That's it.
> >>
> >>80 columns?  40?  128K?  OS9 Level II?  Control key?
> >>Escape key?  Monitor out?  UART?
> >>Uh-uh.
> >
> >That sounds more like one of the Korean CoCo IIs that have been out for a 
> >while. I am not sure but I believe I read something in "Rainbow"
> >about a CoCo II that had a lower case Video Display Generator and a 
> >slightly different keyboard.
> >We can always hope that this is the case and that the Real CoCo III
> >will be along the rumpored lines of 128k, parallel port etc.
> >
> Think big!  Ask Tandy for a machine with AT LEAST the above features, plus:
> 
> 	- A faster 6809 (E version?)

   The 'E' version of the 6809 is no faster than the regular version.  What
   you are looking for is the 68B09 (2 Mhz clock).

> 	- A memory management unit (6821)

   The 6821 is a PIA (parallel interface adapter).  It can be used for many
   things, and I suppose it could be used to implement a simplistic memory
   management system, but I suspect you are confusing this with another
   Motorola product.

> 	- 256K memory expandable to 1 Meg onboard
> 	  (can the 6821 handle this?)
> 	- OS9 level II to go with above
> 	- A 680X0 coprocessor/high-bandwith expansion port, to provide for
> 	  moving up to 680X0 OS-9.  Imagine! Real multiasking on an Atari ST
> 	  or Macintosh class machine.
> 	  (presumably the high-resolution graphics would be on the 68K card)
> 
> Hopefully Tandy isn't too smug about their IBM Clone successes, and they'll
> see the need for a Mac/ST/Amiga class machine in the product line.



   Tandy seems to be *VERY* smug about their Messy-DOS clones.  Don't count
on seeing any significant improvements to existing lines, or additions that
are not Messy-DOS compatible.

-- 
Disclaimer:  I hereby disclaim any and all responsibility for disclaimers.

tom keller
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