From: redskulldc@oohay.moc.ua   
      
   Hi Bill, et al.   
   "Bill Gunshannon"  wrote in message   
   news:80sia0Fa41U9@mid.individual.net...   
   >   
   > Does anyone here know where I might be able to find prototyping boards   
   > that would plug into the expansion slot of a Tandy Color Computer?   
   > I have been reading lately and have gotten interested in looking at   
   > designing an IDE controller for the COCO.  I actually think it could   
   > be done fairly easy, at least for use with OS/9.   
   >   
   > bill   
      
   As Mark pointed out, Cloud-9 already have a (very realistically priced) IDE   
   controller.   
      
   If you are really keen to do it yourself, Protovision still have good stocks   
   (I bought half a dozen recently) of the "8-bit baby" development card:   
      
   http://www.protovision-online.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=97   
      
   Their postage rates (to Australia) were very reasonable indeed.   
      
   Has edge connectors to suit various old machines.   
   The 44pin C64 edge side can easily be trimmed to suit the COCO.   
      
   Space for a commonly available CPLD, the Altera 3032/3064.   
   Can easily be modded to take an Altera 7032/7064 which will give 2 extra   
   I/O's,   
   run at 5V without requiring the 3.3V regulator, and give (marginally) higher   
   drive   
   current.   
      
   Hope this helps.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Leslie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)