[Coco] CoCo 3 prototypes.

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Jan 13, 2005, at 9:21 PM, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> I have seen a design undergo as many a three major changes due
> to costs, manufacturing concerns, marketing concerns,  industrial
> design concerns and/or even a higher manager exerting his will on
> the product. My guess is that what you may have seen was a
> concept of what the Coco 3 could have been if a design team had
> sufficient budget,  free will over what the product family could have
> grown to and what marketing was willing to accept and sell.

James,

Actually, that is not the case here.  What Al has found are the very 
first prototypes of the CoCo 3 that Tandy provided Microware in order 
for them to work on the ROMs.  I've heard the story first hand from the 
developers who worked on the project, and they said that these boards 
were live, working, and used in the early stages of the ROM updating 
effort.

I'm pleasantly surprised that they were found; when I worked for 
Microware, I never located them.  I heard they existed at one time, but 
no one could account for them.

Boisy