[Coco] Coco's Origin Date

[Ward Griffiths]

On Sunday 28 December 2003 10:47 pm, Steve Ostrom wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone knows the date when the first announcement
> of the Coco was made, the date when the first real Tandy
> advertisements for the Coco were published and where, and the date
> when the first Coco was sold retail.
>
> I was able to track down an early official Tandy announcement,
> published in the September 1980 issue of "80 Microcomputing".  Ed
> Juge, in his "Inside 80" column, writes, "I'm writing this prior to
> any
> announcements; bear this in mind when I say, we are about to announce
> our new TRS-80 Color Computer!"  He goes on to describe the early
> version of the Coco in good detail.  Since this was published in the
> September issue, which must have gone to press early in August, I
> figured some other publication may have had an earlier announcement,
> or maybe even a Radio Shack outlet broke the news before this.
>
> If anyone else has any other documented information, please let me
> know.  I'd be interested in hearing about other rumors and official
> announcements.

IIRC July 30 or 31, 1980 was the announcement (along with the Model 3, 
the Pocket Computer 1 and the Vidtex terminal).  Dunno exactly when 
they hit the stores or where and when the first was sold, I didn't 
start to work for the RSCC until November 2nd, 1980.  Couple of folks 
on comp.sys.tandy have far more knowledge (and way less CRAFT virus) 
than I do.
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