[Coco] Spectral Associates

[David Linsley]

Of note, many of those titles were also redistributed by Dragon Data in the
UK and were thought of as classics - especially Lunar Rover Patrol.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Richard Adams <yahoogroups36 at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Jim,
>
>
>
> The Wikipedia entry was in error, Spectral Associates sold some of their
> software via Tandy initially, some via direct order. The Wikipedia entry
> said they sold exclusively through Radio Shack. They may have reached that
> point at some juncture, but not initially, as I bought a number of programs
> from them directly. I corrected the Wikipedia entry accordingly.
> >
> > I found the Wiki article for them:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_Associates
> >
> > I take it Don Connolly was the owner/founder of the company. It would be
> a
> > blast to contact him and see what he is up too.
> >
> > Drop me a line if you have any leads or info.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jim Cox
> > http://miba51.blogspot.com/
> > http://geekswhocare.blogspot.com/
> > http://8-bit-retro-computing.blogspot.com/
> >
>
>
> SNIP
>
>
>
> Art,
>
>
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> I don't recall if Spectral Associates showed up for the Chicago Rainbowfest
> that I attended, but they were definitely at the single Ft. Worth
> Rainbowfest, as I spent considerable time hanging around their booth in
> hopes of seeing some of the games they were planning to initially release
> there. I seem to remember the guys manning their booth as being Todd and
> Brett Keeton.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 03:27:36 -0400
> > From: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Spectral Associates
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> > I'm curious, too. To the best of my recollection, Spectral Associates
> > never participated in CoCo online forums, nor appeared at
> > Rainbowfests.
> >
> > Art
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