[Coco] Coco FLEX

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As I recall the big reason FLEX never caught on with the CoCo was that when the 32K barrier was broken OS-9 was considered more powerful. Not only that, but OS-9 was supported by Tandy. Os-9 worked fine with 64K, but any less and it really wasn't worth messing with. FLEX was sort of between DECB and OS-9 -- it was a real disk OS that was expandable, but Tandy had a vested interest in OS-9 by that time and wasn't interested in supporting it. Most CoCo users just told the Flex guys that OS-9 was more powerful and as easy to learn. So there was no interest in Flex on the CoCo except from Frank Hogg, and even he stopped "pushing" it after 64K became standard -- and it had to be partially due to the reception he got after stating the Flex was a better OS for the CoCo than OS-9. He received a lot of negative press and "fan mail" after publishing those remarks! 

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