It's a CoCo! I had a CoCo! I learned to code basic on one, I played a game called Pyramid on it and another game, the name escapes me now. Did you use a TV as the display? Sam. Bob Gilbertson wrote: > I did something similar a couple weeks ago. Cleaning out the > basement, came across my first computer, a Tandy Color Computer. > Still in original box with > manuals and everything. Don't think I'd looked at it for 15 years. > Purchased it about 1981. This was a couple years before IBM got into the > PC business. Hooked it up and it fired right up. Loaded up some > programs from cassette tape (also in box :). Had forgotten how nice > it was to have > < 5 seconds boot up time. uP is Motorola 6809 running at .89 Mhz. OS > is Basic > by a (at that time) unknown company called Microsoft. RAM is the full > 65K > addressable by the 16 bit bus. > Was kind of fun :) > > A pix of one is here: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/coco1/ > > Bob > > Samuel MacDonald wrote: > >> I recently acquired an Apple ][ GS, not just the CPU unit but the >> whole package. >> >> 12 inch RGB display >> 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy drives >> Keyboard and Mouse >> Every book and warranty card >> Original System diskettes >> The Apple stickers in the original unopened plastic bag. >> It has a memory card in it, I think it's a 1 megabyte card. >> Even the Imagewriter test page is in the documentation. >> I have the printer that was purchased with it as well. >> >> This is a one of a kind find made special by what's on the front of >> the CPU unit. >> "Woz Limited Edition" >> It all works like it was new, I'll have to test the printer but I'm >> sure it works. >> >> For me it gained special interest when I saw the name of someone I >> use to work with. He worked for Computer Land back in the day. He was >> the tech that ran the setup-test on the unit. I can trace the >> original owner, the place it was sold, and the tech that did the >> setup-test. >> >> I think I was meant to be in the computer junk business. I just find >> this kind of history so amazing because of the whole package. I'm >> going to setup the whole thing, with the books, and take a picture. >> >> Way off topic I know but I thought it would be fun. >> >> Sam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list