[Coco] "The Shack" re-branding

[Paul Fitch]

I agree with the spirit of what you said, but not the text.  You don't need
an 8-bit machine when you have an emulator.  You could basically have any
machine you wanted.  I suspect todays high-end PCs are probably capable of
emulating the early CRAYS.

So you want you kids to learn about computing, fire up VCC or Mess or Mocha.
We might as well make these uSoft machines do something usefull for once<g>.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of William Schaub
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:17 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] "The Shack" re-branding
> 
> Ries, Rich (NY80) wrote:
> > "RadioShack is in the process of re-branding the company as 
> "The Shack"
> > as well as re-building corporate culture. ... Tandy is gone 
> and so is 
> > Radio Shack in a few days."
> >
> > Odd thoughts:
> > (1) There is a book out called "The Shack." Wonder if the 
> lawyers are 
> > starting to drool...
> > (2) Tandy lost me when (a) they went to PC-clones and (b) 
> they stopped 
> > carrying the electronic components they used to. Sure the 
> components 
> > were over-priced, but if you really REALLY needed a part for a 
> > project, you could usually get it.
> >
> >   
> Item #2 is the one that did it for me. I swear they just want 
> to make themselves irrelevant and go out of business.
> They certainly removed every reason they really had to exist 
> and set them apart from other retail stores.
> 
> I really want to see the old Radio Shack return or at least a 
> chain a lot like what RS used to be.
> 
> Actually I think a return of 8 bit microcomputers (or any 
> small easily understood and programmable machine at the 
> hardware level) would be great as a way to bring up a new 
> generation of software developers. I know I wouldn't be where 
> I am today without being exposed to the coco at home and 
> apple II and c64 machines (and of course early pcs and macs) 
> at school.
> 
> There really is no substitute today for the simple home 
> computers of the 80s where you could read the manual and get 
> started right away learning how computers work and learning 
> programming. but not only that but learning that the computer 
> really is just a simple machine that executes instructions 
> given to it and not some horribly complex magic box that 
> nobody knows about.  I'm not seriously suggesting people use 
> such systems for normal computing, just that they should be 
> used for early introduction to computers so that people have 
> a hands on practical introduction to computers and software 
> on a simple easily understood system. so they can learn the 
> basic overall concepts that they can apply to larger more 
> modern systems.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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