[Coco] CoCo in Retro Gamer Magazine

[nickma2 at optusnet.com.au]

The CoCo3 came out in 1986. When did the Dragon become unavailable in
the UK?

I have seen adverts from UK Tandy stores (InterTan?) advertising the
CoCo3 but maybe this was only in some stores as a special import?

They were made in PAL and 220 volt format for the Australian market so
I can't see why not sell them in the UK (with a UK plug).

Also, by 1986, the Atari ST and Amiga was the "must get" systems. Why
go 8-bit when 16bit can be had for not much more?

Nick
 

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Sent:Tue, 26 Aug 2014 22:16:15 +0100
Subject:Re: [Coco] CoCo in Retro Gamer Magazine

 Nick Marentes wrote:
 > Not a bad article, not too much technical detail although I cringed

 > where they said...
 > 
 > "16-bit opposition and lackluster marketing resulted in the Color 
 > Computer 3 being the last in the TRS-80 line."
 > 
 > Wasn't that the case with all 8-bit computers by 1992? They make it

 > sound like the Color Computer was a failure!
 > 
 > This is a British magazine where the CoCo wasn't so prominant as in
the US.

 The CoCo 3 was not released in the UK. To us (usual disclaimer of I
 can't really speak for anyone else), it basically didn't exist (the
net
 later provided evidence of it, along with such oddities as machines
by
 some company called Apple).

 On top of that, the CoCo 1/2 were so overpriced here that the Dragon
 was far more popular - hence the exclusives of a previous thread.

 ..ciaran

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