[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Hello All

[Charlie]

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Br. Jeremy, CSJW" 
<brjeremy at j...> wrote:
> Dear friends:
> 
> As you may know, next year marks the 25th anniversary of the 
> intorduction of the Color Computer by Radio Shack. It is my hope to 
> gather as much support for Glenside as possible and make the 2005 
> CoCofest the Silver Anniversary Party to remember. If you were at 
Ron 
> Bull's Pennfest 2000, you know what I am hoping to be able to do.
> 
> I have created a page at Yahoo:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coco25th/
> 
> It is set-up that you must apply for membership to the group and I 
> will approve you. This is to keep out spammers.
> 
> This page will be a place to exchange idea and help plan for the 
Fest.
> 
> Some topics that come to mind:
> Projected vendors:
> Projected attendors:
> Seminars suggestions:
> People looking to share rooms at the Fest:
> People looking for rides from the Airports, etc.
> 
> I am asking you to do the following:
> 
> Publicize this page and offer whatever help you can.
> I am looking for the names and emails of former CoCoists/MM1 users 
to 
> mail invitations to.
> 
> It will be a CoCofest. A family reunion. A time to remember.
> 
> With all best wishes,
> Brother Jeremy, CSJW
> brjeremy at j...

 I find it.... well .... wierd that there doesn't even barely seem to 
be an online COCO community yet people still have COCO fests.

 Maybe I don't read the correct "lists" or forums. I check here on 
yahoo or Delphi about daily to find.... nothing. I think you can 
count the number of active people in these forums on a single hand.

 There doesn't seem to be any real software dealers. No one from the 
old software companies like Sundog or Diecom are active with the COCO 
at all. These floppys are 15+ years old and when they go bad we are 
SOL.

 Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking bad, I'm just saying the COCO 
community seems very much dead. I think I find this so shocking 
because all the years I spent reading Rainbow magazines, going to 
Rainbow fests in NJ, and ordering every COCO game I could buy as a 
young person, and now ..... nothing.

 I mean, go on over to an Atari community... Maybe not Atari 
computers, I don't know I never liked Atari computers, but the old 
game systems. Now those are active and working online groups.

Just my thoughts .....

Charlie



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