[Coco] A New CoCo Forum, just what we need?

Mon Oct 16 20:43:30 EDT 2017

I know there is a CoCo3 FPGA group on Yahoo.

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On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:19 PM, rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:34:20 -0400
> Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm not here to defend whether a forum is of value to any majority of
> > people, and if there aren't already other solutions.
> >
> > Many people have been posting in Facebook recently how hard it is to
> > find a topic for example, and when it comes to perhaps project based
> > work, development, etc., it may be of benefit.
> >
> > Perhaps to better phrase the question, and at the risk of even
> > sounding rude, but I'm really not interested in people who don't like
> > the idea, or won't use it.
> >
> > I'm only interested in knowing if this is going to be a benefit to
> > even a small part of the coco and retro community.
> >
> > If there were 4 active users who were really cranking things out, and
> > using this as a tool to help their project, or share ideas, or get
> > answers to questions, and it was a benefit for a few people who were
> > active and supportive of it, then it makes sense to have something
> > like this as a community resource and as a community service.  I'm
> > lucky that my godaddy hosting account allows me to have unlimited web
> > sites, storage and bandwidth, so it's no big deal to host it.
> >
> > If a few developers of these retro ports used this to bounce ideas and
> > share information among themselves, and it helped shorten the
> > development cycle of a future CoCo product, it would be worth it to
> > me.
> >
> > Feel free to continue to use whatever form of communication that
> > works for you, but, if this is something that you may benefit from,
> > then join the forum, and give it a shot, if after like 90 days if
> > it's a ghost town, I'll reconsider, but the offer is and the forum
> > are open to anyone who wants to use it and give it a shot.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve Strowbridge, aka
> > The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> > ogStevieStrow at gmail.com
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:45 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI
> > <dhaulagiri at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I may sound out of whack but the next "forum" should be a landline
> > > telephone BBS.
> > >
> > > The REAL THING !  ah ah ah
> > >
> > > ... and I am working on it !
> > >
> > >
> > > Eddy Szczerbinski
> > > DHAULAGIRI at HOTMAIL.COM
> > > 418 580 8464
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > De : Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> de la part de Bill
> > > Loguidice < bill at armchairarcade.com>
> > > Envoyé : lundi 16 octobre 2017 16:29
> > > À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > > Objet : Re: [Coco] A New CoCo Forum, just what we need?
> > >
> > > I have to agree. Forums were much needed and a big deal in the late
> > > 1990s through the mid-2000s, but it's remarkably difficult to get a
> > > new forum going these days. Even with a hardcore community like
> > > this one - the type of audience who would generally understand and
> > > appreciate the benefits of a good forum - there are remarkably few
> > > people who really care enough to put in the effort to even sign up,
> > > let alone participate. Generally speaking, I'd say between VCF,
> > > AtariAge, and Facebook - all already previously well-established -
> > > things are covered. Even something like this mailing list is a
> > > dying breed, but certainly thriving enough with this particular
> > > audience (and similar communities) to probably keep running
> > > indefinitely. With that said, similarly, I'd have my doubts a newly
> > > created mailing list would get much traction nowadays.
> > >
> > > -Bill
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> > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Not me - there are more than enough venues already set for the
> > > > CoCo, let alone retrocomputing... I am spread out thin as it is:
> > > > Facebook, Google+, this mailing list, VCF, AtariAge... gasp!.
> > > >
> > > > My $0.02 -> work with what we have :-)
> > > >
> > > >
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