[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?

[Bill Pierce]

Boisy, That's cool. It must have been someone else. Glad to hear Frank's still with us.

Bill

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Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at boisypitre.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 7:14 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?


Bill,

FYI, Frank Hogg is very much alive and well. I recently interviewed him for the 
book and he's also my Facebook friend.

Boisy

On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:45 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> I think I saw a message here on the list that Frank Hogg passed away a few 
years ago
> Not sure, it's just what comes to mind
> 
> Bill P
> 
> 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: Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 8:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?
> 
> 
> I wonder if Frank Hogg might still have some sort of stockpile of
> GIMEs gathering dust someplace, since it seems probable that he sold
> fewer TC-9s than the amount of GIMEs he acquired from Tandy?  (My
> impression is that the TC-9 was not a runaway success in the
> marketplace.)
> 
> Art
> 
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:10 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> 
wrote:
>> Correct. TC-9 was the 6809 based version, and Tiger was the 68000 card that 
> could use the TC-9 as an I/O board (well, it would have if the Tiger had ever 
> been completed/released).
>> 
>> L. Curtis Boyle
>> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 6, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
>> 
>>> P.S.  The machine was the TC-9, not the Tiger.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Now that I think about it, I seem to vaguely recall hearing years ago
>>>> that Frank Hogg had bought up the remaining GIMEs from Tandy for use
>>>> in some CoCo 4-type machine.  Can anyone confirm this?  I'm thinking
>>>> that there was a machine possibly called a Tiger that used a GIME to
>>>> achieve some degree of CoCo compatibility?
>>>> 
>>>> Art
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:42 PM, T. Franklin <tim at franklinlabs.com> wrote:
>>>>> Although I don't have absolute direct knowledge of Tandy's GIME stock. But 

> as I used to be a tech for Tandy and I know how they work... Out to stock... 
Out 
> of mind... If it doesn't make them money they wont care. Keeping a stock of an 

> old part would cost them money as they would have to pay taxes on the 
inventory. 
> I'm sure just on that face alone I would say I doubt they have any.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You could always ask them, though.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Arthur Flexser [mailto:flexser at fiu.edu]
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 06:13 PM
>>>>> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do we know for a fact that a GIME cannot be ordered from Tandy? IsTandy 
> still repairing CoCos? If so, you'd think they'd have a supplyof them 
> around.ArtOn Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:37 PM, T. Franklin  wrote:> Basically you 
are 
> correct. The GIME chip was a custom chip made by tandy. They discontinued the 
> part years ago so when it goes... Ebay "for parts" it should go!>> 
-----Original 
> Message-----> From: Jeremy Michea [mailto:jmichea at bell.net]> Sent: Wednesday, 
> March 6, 2013 05:27 PM> To: coco at maltedmedia.com> Subject: [Coco] [Color 
> Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?>> So if I hear this conversation 
correctly, 
> Gime chips are irreplaceable and if one goes on one of our beloved coco 3’s we 

> essentially have a nice paper weight?Now I’m concerned I have an infamous “86” 

> chip in one of mine. Oh the stress of a hobby in old electronics. --Coco 
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