[Coco] 1 or 2 meg upgrade

[Aaron Wolfe]

Settle down.  Surely you know I didn't say anything like that.

There are easier, cheaper, more flexible ways to accomplish the same things
that a massive amount of ram does.  That is all.
 On Nov 22, 2014 8:28 AM, "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

>
> Aaron, when you put it that way, then you need to go back to the beginning.
> 1. 512k? Who needs more than 64k. The 6809 can't access any more.
> 2. Disk drives? What was wrong with cassettes? It what the machine was
> originally designed for.
> 3. CM-8 (RGB) monitor? The Coco was supposed to be RS's answer to an
> affordable home computer one could plug into the family TV... not a $400
> monitor.
> 4. Hard Drives? What are you gonna put on that much space anyway? 7000
> PModes of Farrah Faucet? Go back to #2
> 5. DW4? Whos gonna use more than 1x 158k SSDD drive, but wait, go back to
> #2 again
> 6. 80 column screen? What was wrong with the 32x16 screen? TSEdit worked
> fine.
> 7. 640x192 graphics? Zaxxon ran fine on 256x192. Who needs it?
> 8. Printers? What's wrong with reading the screen? Ya gonna try reading
> your computer in bed or something?
> 9. AT/XT/PS2 keyboard interface? What you gonna do with all those extra
> keys anyway?
> 10. More, more, and more....
>
>
> There were those that felt this way on every single addition that was made
> to the Coco. I know of many who thought the Coco 3 was overkill and never
> purchased one. We have a few right here on the list that ONLY work with
> Coco 2s.
> It all comes down to what YOU want in your Coco... not what you think
> others should/should not have in their Coco.
> Personally, I'll have 1-2meg, Eagle Keyboard, CM-8, HDs/VHDs, DW4, MIDI,
> Internet Access, and while you're at it... Put some bacon on that with a
> little mustard. Mmmm... bacon....
>
>
> :-P
>
>
> Bill Pierce
> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>
>
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Nov 22, 2014 3:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 1 or 2 meg upgrade
>
>
> On Nov 22, 2014 2:56 AM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I'm must say that I'm in agreement with Aaron... "512K should be enough
> for anyone!".   :)
> >
>
> Two points:  first, I am not suggesting that there is *no* reason to have
> more memory.  I just think that the difficulty of adding more than 512k
> compared to the benefit isn't a very good tradeoff.  The same benefits can
> be obtained via easier approaches.  If its as simple as clicking an option
> in an emulator, go for it of course.  If you have to physically alter your
> coco.. Maybe its time to reconsider what you're trying to do and whether
> there are other ways to do it.
>
> Second, the famous "640k is enough for anyone" quote looks silly now in the
> context of newer machines with more capable CPUs, etc.  However, if you
> apply the quote only to the original IBM PC, it remains true today.  More
> than 640k on an 8086 makes no more sense now than it did when those words
> were spoken (if they actually ever were, I think there is some doubt about
> that being a true story).  On a 286, 386 etc of course things are
> different, but the coco hasn't seen any architecture advances like that.
>
> -Aaron
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>
>
>
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>