[Coco] New CoCo videos from Radio Shack

[Louis Ciotti]

Yea I go into my local store randomly to get an component part I know they
"may" have, and the employees never know what I am talking about if I ask
if they have it, so I just roam the store.  I understand that the kits and
suck they used to sell were pretty simple as far as electronics go, but it
was because of those kits that I know the stuff I do today.  I am honestly
concerned about the next generation of engineer that will have not had a
means to build circuits from those simple kits.  I sued to own those kits
with the springs that you attached the wires to.  It wa truly hands on, and
you could change things just to see what would happen.  Anyways I am
skewing way off topic here... back to the COCO...

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Yep, The salesman in my local shack was the area manager. He owned 2 Model
> 1s, 3 Model 3s and his 2 line BBS ran on 2 Model 4s. Later, he also had
> several 1000s & 2000s which also took over the BBS. He could answer any
> computer question and direct you to any item in his store or tell you if it
> was in stock.
>  He was actually the one who got me started with the Coco and helped get
> on his BBS. He also directed me to Rainbow mag and Hot Coco.
>  Then... they opened the big "Radio Shack Computer Store" in the mall. I
> asked one of the salemen in there if they stocked the drive for "NEW!" Coco
> 3 they were featuring in a BIG promotion nearly blocking their front
> entrance... he said "They make one for that thing?.. Now this one here
> <pointing to the EX> has one of those disk things built in... I think."
> There was a drive connected to the Coco running the infamous "Demo" as we
> spoke. A year or so later, the store started selling IBMs and the Tandy
> line diminished. Another year and they closed the Computer Store. Here's
> the kicker... it was in a very large mall... right next to Radio Shack!. No
> given saleman in either store could tell you the name of one in the other
> store.
>
>
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Sep 14, 2012 9:48 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] New CoCo videos from Radio Shack
>
>
> Yea not going to wait around for that one either... lol.
>
> Heck I would be happy is RS would just move away from being a cell phone
> store.  They have in recent months improved on it, but they are a far cry
> from the golden years.  I remember being able to alk in there and the
> salesmen at least had some sort of technical background, or some basic
> electronics knowledge.
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Brian Blake <random.rodder at gmail.com
> >wrote:
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