[Coco] when...

[Bill Loguidice]

You did a good job avoiding our constant advertising about the book being
released back in the middle of December. ;-) It's ready to purchase when
you are from the retailer of your choice. The eBook should be out soon as
well, there's just been a delay due to Amazon putting a new submission
system in place (at least according to our publisher).

As for your other comment, I think a lot of communities - not just the
CoCo's - felt the same way about moving to PCs. We all kind of lamented it,
but at some point - whether it was a nifty new processor, new video card
standard, certain game or application, etc. - it became too hard to stay
away from. At the time I was a happy Amiga 500 user, but, once I got a 386
SX-20 with a whopping 5MB of RAM (yes, odd, but that's what it upgraded
to), I didn't look back. My next machine was a Pentium 90 with 16MB of RAM
and a nice 15" Trinitron monitor. Running Doom on that was breathtaking.

-Bill

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On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:43 AM, <iggybeans at comcast.net> wrote:

> This isn't a direct response to a specific thread.
> I'm just curious when Boisy's book will be published.
> I've always been inspired by his dedication to this market.
> I myself was dispirited at the eol of the Coco3.
> I put far few years into this than Boisy has, and I saw the likelihood of
> Wintel dominance as a death sentence.
> I guess that comes from taking a hobbyist machine too seriously.
> But then, until Intel introduced the '386, there were many things an Intel
> based system simply couldn't do well.
>
>
> Almost 30 years later, and I'm still upset by our loss (isn't that odd?)
>
>
> As I never cultivated any insiders at Tandy, this will be a treat to read.
> Most of my inside info came from Motorola (they must have had a fair
> amount of involvement as they were fully aware of all Coco developments
> long before they hit the market).
> I miss them too. Freescale semiconductors probably has the best support
> system in the industry, but Motorola...
> Well, back then, you could pick up a phone and talk directly with an
> engineer.
>
>
> Come to think of it, that is probably why I hold both Ed and Boisy in such
> high regard. They share that training.
> You need real, trustworthy information, who do you go to?
> Not the sales people, you go to the engineers.
>
>