[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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