I have allways wanted a full-blown COCO but it hasn't happened yet. Even
back computer wars of the 80's, no one could really criticize the COCO.
It was excellent at IO, good graphics, alternative operating system with
multitasking, good sound, good support. The COCO might be the best
all-round 8-bit ever. Atari and C= had better graphics and sound, but the
PIO floppy/hard disk interfaces for them didn't come out until years after
the coco's did.
V/R
Jeff
In <Pine.SV4.3.96.001116124808.3146A-100000_at_lerami.lerctr.org>, on
11/16/00
at 02:07 PM, "Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)" <transit_at_lerctr.org> said:
>On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
>> Well, that's the point with any machine isn't it? <GRIN>
>>
>> I wish there was a COCO user on the list to join in. The COCO was one of
>> the best 8-bits ever made.
>I hung around Radio Shack back in the 80's, playing w/the Coco. I even
>got into those "hidden" graphics modes (Semigraphics). Never got into the
>Flex or OS9 stuff, though...
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