[Coco] Possible Coco patent?

Chuck Youse cyouse at serialtechnologies.com
Sun Sep 21 11:30:44 EDT 2008


On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:22 AM, wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:
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>
> Like as not, based on the same Motorola design spec the original  
> Color Computer was based on and was published as part of the Color  
> Computer Technical Reference Manual.  Published almost thirty years  
> ago, so any patent on the original design has long run out (unlike  
> copyrights and trademarks, but that's another thread).
> --
> Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

Well, yeah, there's no question that the 6809 + 6883 + 6847 was  
Motorola's, not Tandy's, idea.

C.




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