[Coco] Amazing video of a large vintage computer collection

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 13 March 2009, Joe wrote:

>Or you could just go to the webpage and see thats its a silver COCO1.

>Its the later Silver with the Logo in the center and no ram bubble. Nothing

>special.

>----- Original Message -----

>From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>

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

>Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:24 AM

>Subject: Re: [Coco] Amazing video of a large vintage computer collection

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>

>I think the CoCo 1 was black plastic, under the silver paint.

>When the paint got too scratched up, some folks removed it and voila,

>black CoCo 1.

>

>Art


I have 2 of those Art, and the paint has long since worn off from in front of 
the keyboard, and its hardly noticeable as the plastic under that silver paint 
is a quite well matched gray.  I don't recall ever seeing a black one.  Taint 
saying there aren't any, just that I haven't seen a black one.


>On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:42 AM, J.P. Samson

>

><jps.subscriptions at gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Jim Cox wrote:

>>> I just came across an amazing video of someone's very large vintage

>>> computer

>>> collection on YouTube, and posted the video to my blog at:

>>>

>>> http://8-bit-retro-computing.blogspot.com/

>>>

>>> The video is 9 and 1/2 minutes long, and feature a CoCo2, and a black

>>> CoCo1! There is also a Dragon 64. This guy has systems I have never

>>> heard

>>> of. Swing by and take a look, and let me know what you think.

>>

>> He's missing a CoCo 3! I suspect the CoCo 1 is the gunmetal silver

>> version.

>> The lighting in the video is quite poor, so the image of the CoCo 1 in the

>> corner of the shelf looks dark.

>>

>> -- JP

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