[Coco] Amazing video of a large vintage computer collection

[Arthur Flexser]

Thanks, Gene.  I was most likely mistaken.  Possibly, I was thinking
of a CoCo where someone had painted it black after removing the
original paint.

Art

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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

>>

>>

>>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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