[Coco] Why was the Coco abandoned?

[Bill Barnes]

Tandy didn't even really take their first TRS-80 (later called the Model I when they released the Model II) seriously, they initially wanted to just be a reseller. The numbers in sales is what had kept it alive then.

-Later!   -WB-    -- BABIC Computer Consulting.


--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:


> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>

> Subject: Re: [Coco] Why was the Coco abandoned?

> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 6:06 PM

> Michael Robinson wrote:

> > I've heard that an engineering problem in the GIME

> chip lead to the

> > demise of the Coco.  I've heard that the GIME was

> too expensive.

> > 

> > 1990, wasn't the 386 out at that point?

> > 

> > In the old days when the Coco was hot, there was real

> competition in the

> > personal computer market.  It wasn't just Apple

> and vendors selling

> > Windows compatible PC's.  Even the Alpha is gone

> now.

> > 

> > 

> > --

> 

> I think most of us believe that Tandy felt the Coco

> undercut the sales of the more expensive PC clones. That

> would certainly have been the case if a Coco4 were released.

> 

> Also Tandy never took the Coco seriously in spite of the

> fact that it was very strong competition for anything else

> on the market in its price range.

> 

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