CoCo Floppies: Was:These darned old computers

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Aug 27 23:35:00 2002

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> [[Sellam doesn't know what kinda fun he's missing, thinking the CoCos are
> "crap"...]]

No, that was the Commodore 64 until it proves otherwise. The CoCo2 is
still up in the air, though I am leaning towards "crap" because of the
limited video output capability ;)

> BTW, Sellam, if you want a CoCo to mess with that has just about any
> kinda video you want, just get a CoCo3. It does TV/RF; Composite &
> analog RGB which can be hooked up to the CM-8 from RS, or any Atari
> ST/Amiga monitor (with the right cable, mind you) that can sync down to
> NTSC levels (which are most all the earlier ones...)

I give very high marks to the CoCo3, but I am putting together the CoCo2
and the other systems for a friend of mine who needs them for a book
project.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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