[Coco] GIME

[Jeff Teunissen]

Yeah, but to the best of my knowledge, Tandy never called it a GIME,
but somehow _everyone_ else does. Kinda like how Tandy never called it
a CoCo.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:54 AM Deny Wilson <deny.wilson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to Wikipedia, it stands for: Graphics Interrupt Memory Enhancement
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 6:05 AM Rick Ulland <rickulland1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That is the acronym I remember as well. Anyone know who coined the term
> > GIME? Everything Tandy I have calls it the ACVC (Advanced Color Video
> > Chip)... though I prefer 'Gimme' (verb) as a more descriptive name:-)
> >
> > -rick
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/20/20 9:54 PM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
> > > GIME stands for Graphics Interrupt Memory Enhancement, I think. Or
> > something like that. I always pronounced it “Gimme!”, which is how Rainbow
> > pronounced.
> > >
> > > L. Curtis Boyle
> > > curtisboyle at sasktel.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Sep 20, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Andrew <keeper63 at cox.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I've always personally pronounced both with a hard "G". I can't recall
> > what the letters for GIME stand for, but I'm pretty sure, like GIF, the "G"
> > is for "Graphics" (and I am pretty certain the "M" is for "Memory").
> > >>
> > >> I think maybe the whole thing may be (without looking it up - I'm sure
> > it's defined somewhere) something like "Graphics Interface and Memory
> > Expander" - or something similar.
> > >>
> > >> Anyhow - back to the hard "G" thing: I've always said it that way for
> > both, because that's the way the letter is sounded for the word it stands
> > for. You don't say "jrafics" with a "J" sound - you say "graphics" with a
> > hard "G" sound.
> > >>
> > >> But I suppose it is all arbitrary - and I still don't understand the
> > reasoning behind the creator of the GIF format; part of me thinks it's all
> > an early trolling attempt to get people riled up. I guess he was successful
> > at that!
> > >>
> > >> On 9/19/20 4:08 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
> > >>> Message: 5
> > >>> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:50:06 -0400
> > >>> From: Mike Delyea<mdelyea at gmail.com>
> > >>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts<coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > >>> Subject: [Coco] GIME
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> > >>> I've been watching the many YouTubers doing the #septandy videos this
> > month
> > >>> and came across one that startled me.  In the video the person
> > mentions the
> > >>> GIME chip but pronounced it "jime", like dime with a j instead of a d.
> > >>> I've always pronounced it like "gimmee".  Have I been wrong all these
> > years?
> > >> --
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