[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] end of discussion!start new

[Dave]

Glen, it was about a year ago that I downloaded a bunch of Atari, 
TRS and Commodore commercials off the network.....
Most of them were in Quicktime also.....
Maybe a global search of current .mov files?
They may have been pulled by now....and as a note the quality was 
really poor but fun to watch anyway....
Cheers Dave

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar" 
<glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> Under what name should I look for? TRS 80, Radio Shack and Color 
computer 
> are comming up with ads for a free Ipod!
> -Glen
> >Glen, many of these clips can be found on the Gnutella network....
> >Cheers Dave
> >
> >--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar"
> ><glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I Do remember the print ads with Issac Asimov. I wonder what 
the
> >TV ads were
> > > like. Probably on the same lines as George Plimpton doing the
> >Intellevision,
> > > It would be great if someone could dig up thise ads and put 
them
> >in the
> > > Downloads section. I could just see Mr. Asimov flogging "Dino-
> >wars" or
> > > "Downland" :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >No less than William Shatner advertised the VIC-20 for
> > > >Commodore..."It's the last computer you will *ever* have to
> > > >buy!!!"...because it's expandable!!!
> > > >
> > > >Also, Alan Alda used to advertise the Atari 8-bits...
> > > >
> > > >The ads I remember for the Coco and for the TRS-80 were done 
by
> >Issaic
> > > >Asimov.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Actually, I aways thought the CoCo did rather well dispite 
Lack
> >of
> > > > >marketing. When all the other 8 bit machines had rather
> >agressive
> > > >marketing,
> > > > >tons of TV commericals, Celebrty Endorsments (who could 
forget
> >Bill Cosby
> > > > >pumping the TI 99/4A), The CoCo contiuned to sell for at 
least
> >10 years!
> > > > >Infact, the only TV comericals I ever remember from the CoCo
> >were just
> > > >Radio
> > > > >Shack Comericals, that had the CoCo as part of what ever 
was on
> >sale. I
> > > > >could be wrong, but that was just up here in Canada! The 
CRTC
> >tended to
> > > >Edit
> > > > >American Comericals out with Canadian ones.
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Even a good product can benefit from aggressive marketing -
> >something
> > > > >>the coco really never had.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>  >
> > > > >>  > So far as the CoCo is concerned, it's largely moot now.
> >Pretty much
> > > > >>  > the only market for "successors" to the CoCo is the
> >existing
> > > >userbase
> > > > >>  > and nostalgia freaks like me.
> > > > >>  >
> > > > >>  >
> > > > >>Thanks for your kind indulgence
> > > > >>kk
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