[Coco] Intro.

[Steven Triller]

Well what is wrong with calling the Color Computer 3 the Mark 3? That designation is accurate since it is the 3rd version of that machine...somehow the Color Computer 3 without the the addition of V or MK before the 3 seems improper....it is the 3rd version or mark of the Color Computer....and that is why I have chosen that designation...

> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:49:57 -0500
> From: flexser at fiu.edu
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Intro.
> 
> Welcome, but I've gotta ask:
> 
> What's an "MK 3" Color Computer?  Never heard of that beast.  Do you perhaps
> mean a CoCo 3?  Or, is it one of those CoCo clones sold only in Madagascar
> or someplace?
> 
> Art
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Steven Triller <trillersmi at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > Well, to introduce myself, I suppose I should say I am a collector
> > interested in vintage electronics from the old-era, why? Because they
> > generally embody a better design both in the style of the design and in the
> > quality of the hardware, and perhaps most importantly are still useful and
> > certainly fun, in the case of vintage micro-computers they offer all of the
> > basic functions that we use on modern computers today-that is to say with
> > the right hardware and software you could even write a term-paper on a Tandy
> > Color Computer. Furthermore, they also play great old-style/arcade games, so
> > they are great gaming machines. The second generation of hardware, in terms
> > of video games and computers was for me at least the best era, so many
> > simple but innovative games made in that era-in short I think there was much
> > more uniqueness in the design of games. As for the modern era-games seem to
> > follow a predetermined pattern and consensus, in other words genres and
> > franchises-in short what i
> >  s successful, the modern era seems stagnant, it is just a game of follow
> > the leader. As for my interest in CoCo, I am interested in it because of the
> > reasons cited above and so I just acquired a MK 3 Color Computer, but I have
> >  no games for it.........so what I would really like is some basic game
> > code so I can enter the the game code itself so that I can start
> > enjoying it-computers like the Commodore Vic-20 and The Coco are really
> > great gaming computers, and that is my main interest-the type of games I
> >  like are arcade-style games, Like Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pacman
> > and so on. Also I am also interested in the history of the Machine and as
> >  such would be interested in material like Consumer reports or Ad's or
> > other material produced-magazine articles or general articles especially
> >  those containing examples of game code, and introducing the new CoCo.
> > These material are desired on the subject of CoCo, articles made at the
> > height of The Color Computer's popularity from the early 80's to the early
> > 90's........
> >
> > Steven
> >
> >
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