[Coco] TRS-80C :-)

[Rogelio Perea]

On 3/15/07, "L. Curtis Boyle" wrote:

> > "The name, TRS-80, stands for Tandy Radio Shack, the 80 is a result of
> > the Z-80 cpu in Tandy's first computer, the Model I. Because our machine
> > uses a 6809 cpu, it should have been called either a TRS-68 or a TRS-09
> > Color Computer but, what's in a name? Some, nicknamed it the TRS-80CC,
> > other the TRS-80C, still others the 80C but it was Dave Lagerquist, in
> > October's Chromasette, who first used the name COCO. This innocent
> > enough action set of a "name calling" debate lasted for several months
> > through-out the ever growing "CoCo" community."
> >
> > Looks like the "name calling" debate started back in 1984 ;-)
> >
>     Oh, it started way before 1984. By then, it was already settled (I
> think the final nail in the coffin is when Wayne Green's "Hot Coco" first
> issue came out in 1983).
> The basic premise was: "Coco" sounded to childish, and "80C" was
> technically incorrect, as their is no Z80 in the  Color Computer (unless
> you purchased one of several CP/M Z80 boards for it, anyhow....)
>
>
> --
> L. Curtis Boyle

Wow, this conversation brings me back a few years to my Compuserve
days!. I once noted on a message just about the same about the 80C
designation some gave to the CoCo. Too long ago to remember the names
involved but I believe it was Wayne Day that said something like:

"No '80' in the CoCo? Look --> 6'80'9  :-)


-=[ Rogelio ]=-