[Coco] Remembering the Deluxe Color Computer....

[L. Curtis Boyle]

>From what I remember reading, it had the extra 4 keys (like the Coco 3), and some added commands for a memory disk (which was the other 64K in the 128K system). Does that sound familiar? I never did see it, except for some mentions in some of the Coco 2 manuals. Unfortunately, I don't have any of those (just the Coco 1 and 3 manuals). The Deluxe stuff was mentioned in the margins, in those little green "tip" boxes.

L. Curtis Boyle




On Jun 18, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Steve Bjork wrote:

> I've trying to write down the story behind the never released Tandy's Deluxe Color Computer.  It almost hit the market with a one picture left in a Radio Shack catalog.  (The computer was removed just before going to print.)  The story from Tandy the Deluxe computer was dropped because of a limited supply on one or parts also used in the CoCo 2.
> 
> Even after having one for a short while, some of the details of unit are getting a bit fuzzy now a days.
> 
> Anyway, I remember the Deluxe CoCo having a true Double speed mode, real RS-232 port with UART, Sound Chip and RAM drive.  While it used the same graphics system, there was a bit that "shift" the colors for a new color palette.
> 
> Was the memory size on the it 64k or 128k and did it have any memory paging?
> 
> Do you remember anything else about the Deluxe Color Computer?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Steve
> P.S. All those keyboards that Radio Shack stores sold are parts from the Deluxe CoCo first run.
> 
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