cocos and stuff

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Jun 10 17:13:16 1997

Scott Walde wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Eric Fischer wrote:

> >Somewhere in the back of my head I had the idea that a TDP-100
> >was a Coco with added serial hardware included so that Radio
> >Shack could sell it as a color video terminal. Does anyone
> >else remember this, or am I completely out of my mind?
>
> Wasn't that the VideoTex terminal? I'd have to dig through some old
> catalogs to be sure, though.

VideoTex, I hadn't heard that term in a while. A while back, I got an
AT&T Sceptre VideoTex terminal and was curious what it was; seemed
appropriate for the collection and the price was right :). Did VideoTex
die, was it a fad, a failed attempt at something, or what?
Received on Tue Jun 10 1997 - 17:13:16 BST