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.
>
>
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