[Coco] CoCo shots in Dutch newspaper video on retro-gaming!

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I did a number of tests (and several demos) way back when that showed that the Color Computer cassette interface was faster than the Commodore floppy drives.  This involved other folks' C-64s, as I wouldn't own one of the things on a bet.  (Even now).
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Thierry Mella <thierry.mella at skynet.be>

> Fedor Steeman wrote:

> 

> > After about one-and-a-half minute there is full shot of a

> > CoCo3 (?) connected to some TV-screen with the classic black joysticks on

> > top. Of course, no one is using it. They're too preoccupied with their

> > Commodore's and Atari's...

> 

> What a wonderful video ! The 1541 !! the slowest floppy disk drive in 

> the world.

> I think that it is as fast as a tape recorder ... :-) Commodore of 

> course !!!

> 

> And the reality of the lack of success of CoCo in Europe ... Sad ... :-(

> 

> Cheers,

> Thierry

> 

> 

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