[Coco] Which do you prefer and why? CoCo 1/2/3

[Deny Wilson]

When I was a kid, I got a 16K CoCo 2 for Christmas one year. It eventually
got an upgrade to 64K and a CCR-81 for storage. Picked up a DMP-105 from a
friend when his family moved on to the Tandy 1000. I never had ECB, but
man, did I ever want it. A friend of mine had a CoCo 3 and I did want that
but I never got one. Eventually I moved on to IBM PC's, and sold all my
CoCo 2 stuff.

When I finally got a really good paying job, I started picking up all the
stuff from my youth that I missed, or wished I had. So I picked up a 64K
CoCo 2 (I think it has ECB) and a 128K CoCo 3 which I upgraded to 512K. I
picked up some disk drives, a tape drive, an MPI (need to pick up theat
CoCo 3 compatible chip from Cloud-9 one of these days), a DMP-105, the
regular black joysticks and a couple of white Deluxe Joysticks. I never was
able to pick up a monitor for it. Also, around this time, I picked up an
Apple IIgs with all the trimmings, 3 Intellivisions and 3 Colecovisions all
when I was making the big bucks. I'm still kicking myself for not buying an
Amiga from eBay back in the day because it was "too expensive". Yeah, it
was chump change compared to what they go for now. I'm eying up the MIST
now instead. FPGAs are amazing for the retro hobby.


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Alexander Wallace <
alexander.o.wallace at gmail.com> wrote:

> I started with a Late model CoCo2 with 64k and JDos on a JD (can’t
> remember) disk controller, and single sided 5 1/2 disk, cassette tape and
> TV.
>
> The CoCo2 died by lightning just around the time they started selling the
> CoCo3 in México, so got one of those and I’ve had it since 87, soon after
> upgraded it to 512, CM8 monitor, avatex 1200e modem, Disto II Super
> controller, HD 5.5 and 3.25 disks, Star Micronix NX 1000 rainbow,
> joysticks, etc..
>
> I have a CoCo2 early model I got @ Good Will recently but have not tried
> it yet.
>
> The CoCo3 is what I’ve resumed using for now, getting it all setup. Love
> it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> > On Apr 26, 2017, at 9:56 AM, JoLaJaKa! <jolajaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have all three.
> >
> > I started with a coco1 with 4K when I was young.  That got upgraded to
> ECB and then had the 32K piggyback memory installed.  It was given away to
> a cousin (of sorts) that didn't have anything when I got older.  It's now
> long gone.
> >
> > I picked up all three coco1/2/3 on eBay.  I have been on each of them
> but tend to use the coco3 the most at the moment. It has a 512K memory
> upgrade.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Apr 25, 2017, at 10:55 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I started with a 16k Coco 2 (CB), traded a friend for a Coco 2 64k
> (ECB), then purchased a disk drive, then a 512k Coco 3.
> >>
> >> I now have a working Coco 3, the "FrankenCoco" (1 meg, cooling fan,
> Eagle AT keyboard, MPI, FD-502, Glenside IDE, Orch90, MIDI pak), 2 non
> working Coco 3s (512k), 2x Coco 2s (both 64k, melted keyboards), a Coco 1
> (F board, RS upgraded 64k, chicklet keys), and a Coco3FPGA w/Analog Board
> (4 meg).
> >>
> >> Since I mainly use NitrOS9, I (of course) prefer my Coco 3 and
> Coco3FPGA, but occasionally crank up the Coco 1 & 2 for old stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bill Pierce
> >> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to
> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
> >>
> >> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> >> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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> >>
> >> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Lochey via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> Cc: John Lochey <jlochey at yahoo.com>
> >> Sent: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 10:51 pm
> >> Subject: [Coco] Which do you prefer and why?  CoCo 1/2/3
> >>
> >> Hi all,I'm wondering the "CoCo Demographic" on this list.Which machine
> do you primarily use and why?CoCo 1/2/3?Right now I have a CoCo 2, but I'm
> gunning for a CoCo1 and CoCo3 on eBay.Johnny-- Coco mailing
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