[Coco] How many CoCoNutz are really out there?

[Roger Taylor]

At 12:32 AM 10/6/2005, you wrote:
>I know this has come up before, but does anyone out there have a rough 
>estimate as to how many CoCo users are out there?
>
>I'm not talking in just the US, but all over the world.  I seem to 
>remember someone on the Princeton list that had the .za tld on their email 
>address.
>
>I know Torsten did a poll of the ages of some of us, and Bob Emery has his 
>map of US CoCo users, but that's all I know.
>
>Any thoughts or guesses?
>
>-Jim


Good question, Jim.  Those who have customers on file like I have for the 
past 6 years or so could probably sit down and "guestimate" a figure.  You 
have to also consider those who don't purchase anything but send e-mails to 
me asking for CoCo help.

There's Lots of lost CoCo users, or those who are not really a part of the 
CoCo community as we know it (mailing list, web forums, etc.).  People are 
pulling these suckers out of the attic now and looking to step back in the 
past.  People have a need to connect with their past once they get to a 
certain age, or at least I have felt this at times.  When I play the old 
CoCo games I can remember some other good times from those days, etc.  It's 
great.

Your question also leads to another issue... should those who have compiled 
CoCo customer lists try and produce a compilation database so that mass 
notices can be made for events like CoCo Fests and so forth.  I know I have 
little time right now for gathering up my users on file here and there but 
one day I'd like to get this done.




-- 
Roger Taylor