[Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander

[Steve Ostrom]

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Pierce via Coco
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:41 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander

Ed, as far as I know, no one has ever built and tested?John's 8 slot 
expansion, or his 4-slot RS "clone" for that matter. I don't think John ever 
built one himself. He just did the design. He disappeared right after he 
made those posts to coco3.com. He also had Orch90, RS232, and FDC clones as 
well.

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Bill, if this is the same John (little John) I used to communicate with, he 
didn't really "disappear".  He was very ill.  My guess is that he died of 
that illness, or is still too ill to communicate.  He had a great love for 
the Coco.  John sent me about 30 disks he had removed the copy protection 
from in a very unique way, as well as some of his hardware designs to 
review.  Unfortunately, I'm a software person, and was not able to help him 
review his designs.  This was many years ago.  I remember getting an e-mail 
from his Dad after he didn't reply to several e-mails from me, also named 
John (big John, IIRC), telling me of his illness.  I don't remember if I 
heard from little John again later.  It would be a great loss if he did 
succumb to that illness.

--- Steve ---