[Coco] Coco FLEX

[Ron Delvaux]

Frank ...
I am a Coco fan and a Mopar guy...
www.chargeron.com
my uncle had a couple of Marlins ...
where do you live?

Ron Delvaux
Rochester,Ny

www.vintagecoco.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <farna at att.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco FLEX


> As I recall the big reason FLEX never caught on with the CoCo was that 
> when the 32K barrier was broken OS-9 was considered more powerful. Not 
> only that, but OS-9 was supported by Tandy. Os-9 worked fine with 64K, but 
> any less and it really wasn't worth messing with. FLEX was sort of between 
> DECB and OS-9 -- it was a real disk OS that was expandable, but Tandy had 
> a vested interest in OS-9 by that time and wasn't interested in supporting 
> it. Most CoCo users just told the Flex guys that OS-9 was more powerful 
> and as easy to learn. So there was no interest in Flex on the CoCo except 
> from Frank Hogg, and even he stopped "pushing" it after 64K became 
> standard -- and it had to be partially due to the reception he got after 
> stating the Flex was a better OS for the CoCo than OS-9. He received a lot 
> of negative press and "fan mail" after publishing those remarks!
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