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  • Tandy Joysticks for the DE0-Nano

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  • How to Build a Matchbox CoCo

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  • NanoMate Board for the DE0-Nano

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  • Nickolas Marentes

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  • CoCo 3 GIME Chip Reference

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  • PopStar Pilot (CoCo 3)

    8 years ago8 years ago
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RealCoCo Quick Reference

Roger Taylor6 years ago5 years ago02 mins

TRS-80/Tandy Color Computer 3 FPGA Clones by Roger Taylor Custom GIME implementation designed from the ground up The most accurate CoCo clones available Virtal floppy disks and hard drives via CyloneSDC/WD1793 FDC hybrid controller Up to 2MB CoCo RAM with FPGA boards that have an SDRAM chip Up to 128KB program paks with FPGA boards…

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How to Build a Matchbox CoCo

Roger Taylor6 years ago1 year ago016 mins

The Matchbox CoCo is a Do It Yourself CoCo 3 clone that may or may not be offered by third parties fully assembled or by snap-together components.  This is not a Tandy or Radio Shack product, but you are welcome to customize your own system with Tandy or Radio Shack logos for cosmetic purposes. Before…

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Tandy Joysticks for the DE0-Nano

Roger Taylor6 years ago6 years ago03 mins

The NanoLog daughter board is a daughter board for the bottom of the DE0-Nano to allow the use of regular or Deluxe CoCo joysticks on the MATCHBOX COCO. There are 2 CoCo joystick ports, 3 audio channels, and 1 user header for a total of 8 ADC inputs. This 2-layer board can be ordered from…

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How to Build a MiSTer CoCo

Roger Taylor6 years ago6 years ago04 mins

The Mr CoCo is a Tandy Color Computer 3 clone that runs on the MiSTer system. CoCo Clones Quick Reference Using just one file copied to the MicroSD card on the MiSTer system, you can own an accurate representation of the popular Color Computer 3.  Add thousands of virtual floppy disks from the CoCo archives…

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How to get VGA for the CoCo 3

Roger Taylor6 years ago6 years ago026 mins

An illustrated review of Luis Antoniosi’s RGB2VGA converter This is a personal review of the RGB2VGA video converter designed by Luis Antoniosi. First, let me say that it is high time that the CoCo community get some real quality video and experience the CoCo in a new way. Numerous people have attempted to make various…

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NanoMate Board for the DE0-Nano

Roger Taylor6 years ago11 months ago014 mins

For the Matchbox CoCo, the CoCo’s logic completely resides on the DE0-Nano board.  Realistically jumpers can be strung from the DE0-Nano headers to give the system the things it needs to be complete, but ideally you’d want some of that to be very close to the main board, and for the sake of compactness alone…

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How To Build A MiST CoCo

Roger Taylor6 years ago6 years ago038 mins

How To Build A MiST CoCo Get the CoCo 3 core for your MiST-compatible device There are several MiST-compatible boards/kits.  Each has one its pros and cons, but in general all are extremely powerful systems capable of implementing as chip logic many consoles and computers.  In my opinion, due to the constant breaking of the…

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How Small Can A CoCo Get?

Roger Taylor6 years ago6 years ago03 mins

One of my new sayings is “You want me to turn that into a CoCo?”.  Yes, I’ve got my eye out for the next coolest FPGA-based device.  I think the ultimate CoCo clone would be the size of an HDMI dongle that you can plug into any monitor or TV, and your keyboard and mouse…

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  • General News

How I Build the Official NitrOS-9 Repo From Windows

Roger Taylor1 year ago1 year ago014 mins

This will turn into a more proper article when I get more details added in rough form.  Bear with me. First, let me thank a few people who if not for their knowledge and time I’d be still trying to figure some of this out.  It’s not like there’s a manual for everything we do…

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The NitrOS-9 Boot Process Explained

Roger Taylor7 years ago4 years ago038 mins

Disclaimer: NitrOS-9 is one of the most unorganized yet rewarding operating systems for the CoCo. There are literally 200 versions or revisions of every kernel, module, driver, command, source file, and the chances of you getting it all together properly so it works with Your hardware greatly depends on Your deep knowledge of the system…

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