[Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander

[Bill Pierce]

Steve, that was basically what I has heard also. John had some really good ideas. He also had all of Paul Barton's designs and gear. I've been in touch with Paul and he said he hadn't heard from him since he sent him all the stuff.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 12:42 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander




-----Original Message-----  
From: Bill Pierce via Coco 
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:41 PM 
To: coco at maltedmedia.com 
Subject: Re: [Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander 
 
Ed, as far as I know, no one has ever built and tested?John's 8 slot  
expansion, or his 4-slot RS "clone" for that matter. I don't think John ever  
built one himself. He just did the design. He disappeared right after he  
made those posts to coco3.com. He also had Orch90, RS232, and FDC clones as  
well. 
 
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Bill, if this is the same John (little John) I used to communicate with, he  
didn't really "disappear".  He was very ill.  My guess is that he died of  
that illness, or is still too ill to communicate.  He had a great love for  
the Coco.  John sent me about 30 disks he had removed the copy protection  
from in a very unique way, as well as some of his hardware designs to  
review.  Unfortunately, I'm a software person, and was not able to help him  
review his designs.  This was many years ago.  I remember getting an e-mail  
from his Dad after he didn't reply to several e-mails from me, also named  
John (big John, IIRC), telling me of his illness.  I don't remember if I  
heard from little John again later.  It would be a great loss if he did  
succumb to that illness. 
 
--- Steve --- 
 
 
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