[Coco] Re: Again: CoCo user age chart updated

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Is this the 6 slot Expander box from around 1983?


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:04:37 -0600, Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>  
wrote:

> Roger,
>
> How did you get a prototype FHL Mpack??? In on the design?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Quoting Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com>:
>
>> Rumor has it that Torsten Dittel may have mentioned these words:
>> >>Trend line seems to be smoothing.
>> >
>> >Yes. And there's still some preference (kind off saddle points) for
>> ages
>> >34 and 56 (people were 12 and 34 years old in 1983, maybe the "sons"
>> &
>> >"dads" ;-))))
>>
>> 37 currently, ++ in July.
>>
>> Bought my first CoCo2 in '84 when I was a Senior in High School; 16K
>> and
>> Extended Basic. Expanded it to 64K by myself, then sold the system
>> when the
>> CoCo3's came out - had the first one in the area. I still have that
>> CoCo3
>> (now 512K, dual (or triple) floppies, OS-9 Level II) but it's not
>> currently
>> set up due to space constraints, but I'm working on that. ;-)
>>
>> After that, I had a Tandy PC-2 pocket computer, then "upgraded" that
>> to a
>> Tandy 200 laptop w/floppy drive - Altho I'll never give up my 200
>> (That's
>> what I'd prefer to be buried with - it runs longer on batteries...
>> ;-) ) I
>> do wish I still had the PC-2. <sniff>
>>
>> I now have several CoCo1's, 2's, and 3's, plus some rather
>> collectible
>> hardware (Prototype FHL Multipak System being the centerpiece of the
>> collection) but not a lot of room for them, so they're currently in
>> my
>> 3rd-floor attic space until the house remodeling has been undertaken,
>> and I
>> have a bigger office space to use.
>>
>> Ah well... back to work. Laterz,
>> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>>
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>> zmerch at 30below.com          |
>>
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L. Curtis Boyle