[Coco] Parting with my CoCo

[Coco_nut]

Oh, you have joysticks. I would love to take those off your hands if you
aren't requiring this to be shipped to one person as a bundle. Thanks for
not just dumping this equipment! It is rare enough as it is.

--StephenR

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Mr Floyd,
> I sent you a personal email concerning the system and your software.
> Please look for an email from ooogalapasooo at aol.com as it may co into
> your spam folder.
>
> Bill P
>
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Herren Floyd <hhfloyd at charter.net>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 25, 2013 6:32 pm
> Subject: [Coco] Parting with my CoCo
>
>
> Allen Huffman suggested that I contact you all.  I am pleased to learn
> about
> your group.  I could have used your help years ago.
>
> I bought all of my CoCo components new and could never part with them
> before
> now.  I will be 78 years old this year and will be moving from my present
> home
> in which I have lived for nearly 40 years.
>
> I programmed a few simple games in BASIC, most of which I made up myself.
>  When
> I tried to advance to machine language, I ran into trouble.  My dot matrix
> printer would suddenly no longer print from my CoCo.  I stopped
> programming but
> continued to occasionally play and even modify my games.  This year I
> discovered
> that my CoCo, when searching for a game, will no longer find and load it
> from
> the tape recorder even though they both seem to work fine otherwise.
>
> I need to part with my CoCo at last.  Attached is a list of the CoCO
> hardware,
> software, and literature that I have.  I am willing to give them to a
> member of
> your group that would just pay the cost of packaging and shipping.
>
> The thing that I will regret most is losing the few simple games that I
> programmed.  I'm wondering if anyone in your group would be able to
> convert them
> from TRS-80 COLOR BASIC on cassette tape to software on a CD that would
> play on
> my iMac running Mountain Lion OS.  Anyone who does that for me
> successfully can
> have my CoCo equipment shipped to him at my expense.
>
>
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