Specifications

Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................3
What is CooCoo?.............................................................................................................................3
The Short Version........................................................................................................................3
The Long Version........................................................................................................................3
Seriously, you're calling it 'CooCoo'?..............................................................................................3
Credits...................................................................................................................................................4
Features.................................................................................................................................................5
In Depth................................................................................................................................................6
6847 VDG........................................................................................................................................6
Color Basic......................................................................................................................................6
Extended Color Basic......................................................................................................................6
Disk Extended Color Basic..............................................................................................................6
HDBDOS.........................................................................................................................................6
Multi-pak Interface & ROM Cartridges..........................................................................................7
PS/2 Keyboard.................................................................................................................................8
Video Output....................................................................................................................................9
Colour Artifacting............................................................................................................................9
Cassette I/O......................................................................................................................................9
Bit-Bang Serial Port.........................................................................................................................9
Joystick Support.............................................................................................................................10
Glenside IDE / Cloud-9 SuperIDE Interface.................................................................................10
Reset...............................................................................................................................................11
DriveWire?.....................................................................................................................................11
Floppy Drives?...............................................................................................................................11
Target Reference.................................................................................................................................12
TerASIC DE1.................................................................................................................................12
Getting Started..........................................................................................................................12
Keys & Switches.......................................................................................................................12
LEDs.........................................................................................................................................13
HDBDOS & IDE images..........................................................................................................13