[Coco] torn on getting a coco...

[Bruce W. Calkins]

> Here are the downsides I see to getting my nephew a Coco 3:
> 1) No C programming.
There is a C compiler that runs under OS-9.  It comes complete with run-time 
OS-9.

> 2) He doesn't seem to have any Coco 3 games let alone 512k coco3 games.
A LOT can be found on line.

> 3) No joystick and no way to get one.
They show up on eBay now and then.  They don't seem to get very high priced 
either.

> 6) I don't have any functional disk drives.
Again eBay, they do however seem to still be worth something.  There are a 
few more out there that might be for sale, if and when you find them.

If he is learning computing, the P4 with LINUX and Open Office will do more 
now, and probably set him up better for school.  In the last 5 semesters of 
college, I have not even fired up a CoCo, but I've typed a lot of papers.  I 
don't expect to use my CoCos for school next semester either.  (Hopefully my 
last semester.)

Bruce W.