Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!clyde!burl!codas!novavax!potpourri!csantiag From: csantiag@potpourri.UUCP (Carlos Santiago) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Future of CoCo3 Message-ID: <750@potpourri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 12:08:41 EST Article-I.D.: potpourr.750 Posted: Tue Dec 1 12:08:41 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Dec-87 06:49:29 EST Organization: Gould CSD, Fort Lauderdale, FL Lines: 25 Keywords: future, coco3, graphics I believe that if the CoCo is to survive 10 years, some great improvements must be made in the graphics hardware, memory and the system components. The greatest problem is that A full blown coco system is made of too many parts i.e. coco, disk ctlr., MPI.... These system components must be integrated into one package, and some kind of standard bus should be added. The MPI is just an extension of the ROM port, if some standard bus was created much faster controller boards could be designed that would not slow the microprocessor down. In order to meet the demand of todays graphics environments, the coco graphics hardware must be enhanced to support hardware windows and dma to move large blocks of display memory. These enhancements will off load the 6809 and increase the overall performance of the coco. Expanding the total memory from 512k to 1 or 2 meg will be a requirement to run large programs and graphics intensive applications in the future. -- Gould, CSD, Home of the Firebreathers The opinions expressed are my own. ...uunet!gould!csantiago ...mcnc!rti-sel!gould!potpourri!csantiag