My nostalgia here is pretty darn strong, and those refurbished Coco3's arent too bad a price. Wrestling with myself here as whether or not to dip into my savings to buy one. My biggest problem is my lack of room. Even if I do buy one Im going to have to make up a makeshift place to put it, which'd make using it less friendly than it otherwise could be.
Slight sidebar, but has anyone seen the fpga coco3 systems?
Gary Becker's stuff?
Yeah, I've seen one. It works pretty good, although it needs another computer to store files and simulate a disk drive. According to Gary you should be able to set this up to start immediately as a Coco3 and load software from flash.
I'm purchasing an FPGA board soon since one of the boards this will run on is only $150 and it will simulate up to a 24MHz Color Computer.
Speaking about OS-9, I found out there was an Amiga port done by Microware back in the old days (It was priced about 400 to 800 USD). The port was being updated on each OS-9 release, and if I am not mistaken, it is still supported by the company that took over Microware OS-9 development.
Has anyone ever had some experience with it?
If I'm not mistaken, that was a third party port by an Australian company.
I don't know if it was updated or if its still available.
There was also an AtariST port that used to be available on the internet.
As a side note, the 68K version of OS9 was just updated by Microware/Radisys last year.
