[Coco] more 1 bit madness

[Bill Loguidice]

To be fair, the C-128 was actually a big hit. It was just "less popular" in
comparison to the C-64, but then everything else was that way too. In fact,
the C-128 sold more units than all the Apple II's and all the Atari 8-bits
(and in a much shorter time), and certainly more than all of the CoCo
models (though, frustratingly, we still don't have exact sales figures).
It's funny how the blockbuster success of one product can make another
successful product seem less so. I guess to a small degree there's a
similar situation with the TRS-80 versus the CoCo. For several years, the
TRS-80 was by far the industry's best selling computer, whereas the CoCo
never had that distinction.

-Bill

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On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au>wrote:

> Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at ...> writes:
>
>
> The CoCo3 was specifically designed to run OS-9 Level 2. That's why the
> interrupt system was designed as it was. The CoCo3 also came with 128K
> expandable to 512K as well. The standard C64 was 64K throughout it's life
> unless one moved to the less popular C128 (and then used it like a C64 for
> 99% of the time).
>