[Coco] Tandy Electronics??!!

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Jan 1, 2015 7:24 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>
> I wonder if we could do a system count of computers in hobby use from the
80's and what the percentages are here, where would the CoCo sit?
>

Retro stuff is a lot more diverse than modern desktop operating systems,
but I think you're right that the coco would not be ranked highly as a
popular retro platform.  If you expanded to all 6809 based systems you
could pick up a few more (vectrex has a following) but those are basically
the "other" of an "other".

Ive only been to 2 retrocomputing events, but at both I went with the only
folks who demoed coco gear.  Commodore 64/128/Vic 20 stuff is probably the
biggest group with Apple II stuff coming next.  Then you have the amigas
and atari's, then some trs80 model i/iii, maybe a few CPM machines, and
*then* the cocos if I had to guess.  Of course coco are the best machines
in all cases.