Re: CoCo

From: Stephen Judd (judd_at_merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Date: 1998-06-28 04:24:50

Hola Per,

	I knew you were a 6809 guy, and was wondering when you'd
weigh in on this topic :).

> The Dragon was actually a clone of the CoCo -- I don't think it was
> licensed or endorsed by Tandy, but someone else could probably tell
> you more if you're curious.

Very interesting; I will have to look up the history at some point.

> Stephen> A number of resources are available on the web. There is also
> Stephen> a CoCo mailing list and a newsgroup. There may even be an
> Stephen> emulator.
> 
> There's a freeware CoCo II emulator, the CoCo III emulator is share-
> ware.
>   If you're interested in learning more about CoCos,
> 
>   http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab594/coco.html
> 
> has all the links you'll ever need.

That's the cool thing about the CoCo guys -- they are extremely well
organized and are still very active.  They even have meetings around
the country -- except for demo parties, I don't think the C-64 has
ever had something similar (apart from user-group shows).

Even moreso than C-64 users, they didn't get much support but got
lots of documentation.  They learned how to survive very early on,
and so have remained pretty healthy.

Well, I just think it's interesting to see how other 8-bit communities 
cope with their present situation :).

> PS: yes, I want one. :)

I think I paid $18 for mine -- they are pretty cheap here.  In all
seriousness, if you can find one I might be able to buy it and
send it to you.

-S
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