[Coco] The Tri-Annual CoCo 4 Thread

[Mark McDougall]

On 10/02/2014 10:20 AM, Steve Batson wrote:

> I hear a lot about the low number of CoCo enthusiasts compared to other
> platforms. Attracting new users that aren't super CoCo savvy with a
> simple and easily used solution such as Good Emulators could be a way to
> grow those numbers.

I agree with your sentiments but I just don't see any solution being able to 
attract new users, regardless how cheap, simple or even sexy it is. You 
either know what a Coco is, and are still interested in tinkering with it, 
or you are completely and utterly disinterested.

Let's face it, the Coco is no Apple II or C64. There's no folklore 
surrounding it; no stories of Steve & Woz in the garage (I watched 'Jobs' 
last night!) or near global market saturation. There's a reason our group is 
small - the Coco was never really that popular (regardless of its technical 
merits) - and you've got next-to-no chance of making it any more popular 
some 30 years on.

So let's focus our efforts on making this hobby more interesting and more 
convenient for those of us who are here now, because I'm afraid that's it. 
Once we're all 6 feet under, the Coco is going to be little more than a 
Wikipedia entry. Sad, but likely.

Regards,

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|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
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