bio (was Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord)

[jimcox at miba51.com]

John:

I'm over in Bellevue.  Drop me a line some time.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:26:29 -0700
  "John" <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>OK, here goes my bio:
>
>John Guin
>Seattle, WA area.  Transferred here by the navy in 1988 
>and have stayed
>since.  Originally from Texas.
>Age 37.  I guess I take the baby award now.
>First computer:  A Sinclair ZX-80 from a kit.  Bought a 
>Coco 2 when they
>came out in 82?  83?  Very nice, and I still have it to 
>this day.
>Claim to uniqueness (fame is too strong a word):  My 
>friends and I went to
>Rainbowfest in Chicago in 1983.  We stayed in a tent - it 
>was all we could
>afford - and amazed many of the other campers by running 
>a coco and TV in
>the tent.
>
>Future plans:  As soon as I move closer to Redmond, I'm 
>setting up my
>computer room again, and will hopefully get my OS9 
>machine on the 'net.
>
>That's it.  I mostly just lurk, since I never really have 
>a whole lot of
>time to contribute to any of the projects everyone else 
>talks about.
>
>
>John
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ken Carlin" <carlin at nauticom.net>
>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:06 PM
>Subject: bio (was Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord)
>
>
>> Here's my bio:
>>
>> -Ken Carlin
>> -Valencia PA (just north of Pittsburgh) - lived in this 
>>area all my life
>> -Age 38 (I feel like the baby of this list right now too 
>><grin>)
>> -Got an original 4K CoCo1 for Christmas shortly after 
>>they came out
>> -Went the whole route (upgrade to 32K, then CoCo2, then 
>>job at Radio
>Shack,
>> then CoCo3)
>> -Had a slot machine program published in Rainbow 
>>beginner's column
>> -I've become a CoCo packrat.  I'm collecting non-Radio 
>>Shack
>> software/hardware in the hopes of one day archiving it 
>>all for everyone to
>> share.  Of course, that involves more time than I 
>>have...
>>
>> I guess that's it.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "ostro011" <ostro011 at umn.edu>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>; <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Cutting Cord
>>
>>
>> > OK, this brings up an interesting idea.  I'd like to 
>>see a snapshot bio
>on
>> > each of us members of Dennis' new list, including age, 
>>when you got
>> > interested in the Coco, your Coco "claim-to-fame", 
>>other hobbies, etc.
>> > Very short and to the point.
>> >
>>
>>
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