[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Hello All

[mmarlett at isd.net]

Sigh....No new products? I believe Cloud-9 had ~15 new line items.

I agree though.. If we got a few more vendors and the current ones each
brought one new item to next years fest....It would be a GRAND event. I can
tell you that Cloud-9 will be ready with some killer hardware. This year's
1:45 minute seminar won't be enough. We went over many items in brief and
the response was, what were you talking about? From some people and not
all. In the past the hardware wasn't available to to development or the
software tools were not. That isn't an excuse anymore. This machine can do
so much more. But....why??? Because we can now. We said it at the fest and
I'll repeat it here. The best time to own a CoCo is now. You have the best
of both worlds, past and present. Lets get some people writting some good
apps, goods, utilities again.....

I could name at least three people at the fest that had some GREAT ideas.
I'm sure there are more out there.

Lets make it happen!

Regards,

Mark
Cloud-9

 >
>On May 25, 2004, at 3:45 PM, Charlie wrote:
>
>>  I find it.... well .... wierd that there doesn't even barely seem to
>> be an online COCO community yet people still have COCO fests.
>>  There doesn't seem to be any real software dealers. No one from the
>> old software companies like Sundog or Diecom are active with the COCO
>> at all. These floppys are 15+ years old and when they go bad we are
>> SOL.
>
>You bring up some good points.
>
>There is actually very little in the way of software development for 
>the CoCo anymore.  The only new software products available are from 
>Cloud-9, and those are mostly drivers and system software.  There is 
>also the NitrOS-9 Project at www.nitros9.org which is quite active.   
>But that is an operating system, and leaves nothing in the way of 
>application software, games, etc.  Indeed, the CoCo is dead in that 
>arena.
>
>The tools are there to make some great software, but no one is making 
>it.
>>
>>  Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking bad, I'm just saying the COCO
>> community seems very much dead. I think I find this so shocking
>> because all the years I spent reading Rainbow magazines, going to
>> Rainbow fests in NJ, and ordering every COCO game I could buy as a
>> young person, and now ..... nothing.
>
>Speaking of fests, I was disappointed this year.  Frankly, it was 
>abysmal.  No new products, lots of "junk" and vendors that have been 
>selling the same software for years.  I would hope that Bro. Jeremy's 
>25th anniversary fest idea takes hold.  However, it won't be nearly as 
>exciting and enthusiastic if there aren't new products to be 
>introduced.
>
>>  I mean, go on over to an Atari community... Maybe not Atari
>> computers, I don't know I never liked Atari computers, but the old
>> game systems. Now those are active and working online groups.
>
>Right.  Even the Atari 2600 guys are putting out NEW GAMES for that 
>machine.  No one is doing that for the CoCo right now.
>
>Unfortunately, that's the state of things.  One or two people could 
>shake things up and make things happen.
>
>Boisy
>
>
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