[Coco] Can anyone explain this?

[Bruce W. Calkins]

> The coco 1 without the bubble can't be that rare, Even in mint condition.

The "bubble" was discontinued sometime about or during the the E board run. 
I've yet to see an E board with or a D board without.



> There does seem to be a run on bidding for CoCo 1's over the past few 
> days.

I have seen this sort of craziness from time to time.  With 18 bids it is 
the buyers who are getting excited.



> Since no Extended BASIC manual seems to be shown in the photos,

> I'm guessing this may just be a plain Color BASIC machine, too.

Possibly, Color Basic only machines were offered well into the CoCo 2 
version.



> In contrast, last month I picked up a rare albino CoCo 1 in box

> and in excellent condition.

Nice.