[Coco] Coco History

[John W. Linville]

That and, to be honest, I don't think Boisy and I ever quite reached
agreement on the tack such a book should take.  Such a book would be
a big undertaking, and both Boisy and I are hard-headed old gentlemen
that would each insist that things go our own way on a number of
issues... ;-)

FWIW, I also love the "Platform Studies" series.  I have read most
of them, with one in progress and another one on the way to my door
at this very moment!  It is great to have a book that goes into both
the history _and_ the technical aspects of a platform, and which
discusses how each of those forces came together to help to shape
the overall platform.

I still entertain the notion of writing such a book about the CoCo
quite often.  My blogs and the technical segments on The CoCo Crew
Podcast are both outlets for some of that energy.  The book may yet
happen...but not today...

John

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 06:52:22PM -0600, Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
> Thanks everyone. Bill and I appreciate the sentiments.
> 
> I was exploring a Platform Studies book, and even visited Dr. Nick Montfort at his lab at MIT, where he encouraged me to write a book for that series. John Linville and I discussed a proposal, but in the end, John wanted to pursue other work, and I’ve got too many projects myself.
> —
> Boisy G. Pitre
> CoCo Projects Coordinator
> http://www.cloud9tech.com <http://www.cloud9tech.com/>
> http://www.nitros9.org <http://www.nitros9.org/>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/ <http://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects <http://sourceforge.net/projects/drivewireserver/>/toolshed
> http://liber809.blogspot.com <http://http//liber809.blogspot.com>
> http://github.com/boisy/DriveWire-MacServer
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Christopher Fox <cbfox01 at syr.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > I agree completely. It was a great read.
> > 
> > If anyone’s inclined to write it, I think it would be cool to have a 6809/CoCo/OS-9 type book in the MIT Press “Platform Studies” series. Something that can go a bit more in-depth on the technical details like the SAM, VDG, GIME and the after-market upgrade to the 6309, etc.
> > 
> > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/series/platform-studies
> > 
> > Christopher
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 20160217, 14:56, "Coco on behalf of Steve Ostrom" <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com on behalf of smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> A very special thank you goes out to Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice for 
> >> their incredible book, "Coco - The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog 
> >> Computer".  I just finished my second reading of this gem, and realized how 
> >> close we came to not knowing this incredible history.  Thank you guys for 
> >> going to all the work to pull this history together for the rest of us, and 
> >> then publishing the information in a fun to read book.
> >> 
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> >> 
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