[Coco] Why was the Coco abandoned?

[Bill Barnes]

Tandy didn't even really take their first TRS-80 (later called the Model I when they released the Model II) seriously, they initially wanted to just be a reseller. The numbers in sales is what had kept it alive then.

-Later!   -WB-    -- BABIC Computer Consulting.


--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Why was the Coco abandoned?
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 6:06 PM
> Michael Robinson wrote:
> > I've heard that an engineering problem in the GIME
> chip lead to the
> > demise of the Coco.  I've heard that the GIME was
> too expensive.
> > 
> > 1990, wasn't the 386 out at that point?
> > 
> > In the old days when the Coco was hot, there was real
> competition in the
> > personal computer market.  It wasn't just Apple
> and vendors selling
> > Windows compatible PC's.  Even the Alpha is gone
> now.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> 
> I think most of us believe that Tandy felt the Coco
> undercut the sales of the more expensive PC clones. That
> would certainly have been the case if a Coco4 were released.
> 
> Also Tandy never took the Coco seriously in spite of the
> fact that it was very strong competition for anything else
> on the market in its price range.
> 
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