[Coco] Greetings from a old coco user

[Paulo Garcia]

Ha, close enough!

Nice to meet you!

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Marcelo Cannella <marcelo.cannella at gmail.com
> wrote:

> You're welcome Paulo
> I'm Argentinean!. The only one of Argentina on this list!
> And descendant of Italians.
>
> Marcelo Cannella
>
> 2016-06-08 14:24 GMT-03:00 Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>:
>
> > Thanks Marcelo! By your name, I suppose you are Brazilian? (could be
> > Italian I guess)....
> >
> > Paulo
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Marcelo Cannella <
> > marcelo.cannella at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Welcome Paulo !!!
> > >
> > > Marcelo
> > >
> > > 2016-06-08 0:01 GMT-03:00 Paulo Garcia <paulo.astuser at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Hi Barry,
> > > >
> > > > this is a pretty cool project. I will make sure to add a post linking
> > to
> > > > the article! Thanks for the tip!
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Barry Nelson <
> > > > barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >  Maybe you can include a link from your page to my CoCo 3 RGB ->
> > SCART
> > > ->
> > > > > HDMI converter cable project. It's a great way for a CoCo 3 owner
> to
> > > get
> > > > > RGB video on a modern HDMI TV set.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://hackaday.io/project/7366-coco-3-rgb-to-scart-to-hdmi-cable
> > > > >
> > > > > > Paulo Garcia paulo.astuser at gmail.com
> > > > > > Tue Jun 7 15:54:34 EDT 2016
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hey guys/gals
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After subscribing to this list for a lot of time, I decided to
> > write
> > > to
> > > > > say
> > > > > > hi:)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am Paulo, the owner/maintainer/janitor of Vintage is The New
> Old
> > (
> > > > > > http://www.vintageisthenewold.com) and for many time I've been
> > > playing
> > > > > with
> > > > > > lots of different retro computers that I can put my hands on (and
> > my
> > > > wife
> > > > > > allows me to bring home :) ).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Although I have 3 CoCos (two CoCo2 and one CoCo3) I never spend
> > much
> > > > time
> > > > > > with them, until now. This week I decided to bring the CoCo3 out
> of
> > > its
> > > > > box
> > > > > > and spend time with it. I have a disk drive but no software at
> all
> > > for
> > > > > now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Interestingly enough, the computer I grew with was a CP-400
> > > (Brazilian
> > > > > CoCo
> > > > > > clone - but probably you all know that already) and with it I
> > learned
> > > > to
> > > > > > program and spend hours and hours coding my own games.
> > Unfortunately
> > > I
> > > > > sold
> > > > > > it back then and now that I live in Canada it won't be easy to
> get
> > a
> > > > > CP-400
> > > > > > again but the original Tandy ones will do just fine :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am planning to, while I remember my ways with the CoCo, to
> > increase
> > > > the
> > > > > > computer coverage on my site as I find new things (to me) about
> it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If any of you have an interesting material and want it published
> > > there
> > > > > too,
> > > > > > just let me know....
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will probably write more with basic questions that piled up
> over
> > > > these
> > > > > 30
> > > > > > years since I had my CP-400. All the new hardware accessories for
> > the
> > > > > CoCo
> > > > > > are new to me!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > >
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