[Coco] Amazing video of a large vintage computer collection

Joel Ewy jcewy at swbell.net
Fri Mar 13 11:18:55 EDT 2009


Arthur Flexser wrote:
> I think the CoCo 1 was black plastic, under the silver paint.
> When the paint got too scratched up, some folks removed it and voila,
> black CoCo 1.
>
>   
However, if you go to Benway's web site, he has a photo of what 
presumably is the the CoCo 1 in the video, and in better light it 
appears to be a normal silver CoCo:  
http://www.benwaysworld.co.uk/computersnconsoles/TRS80ColorComputer.html#coco

JCE
> Art
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:42 AM, J.P. Samson
> <jps.subscriptions at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:08 AM, Jim Cox wrote:
>>     
>>> I just came across an amazing video of someone's very large vintage
>>> computer
>>> collection on YouTube, and posted the video to my blog at:
>>>
>>> http://8-bit-retro-computing.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> The video is 9 and 1/2 minutes long, and feature a CoCo2, and a black
>>> CoCo1!  There is also a Dragon 64.  This guy has systems I have never
>>> heard
>>> of.  Swing by and take a look, and let me know what you think.
>>>       
>> He's missing a CoCo 3!  I suspect the CoCo 1 is the gunmetal silver version.
>>  The lighting in the video is quite poor, so the image of the CoCo 1 in the
>> corner of the shelf looks dark.
>>
>> -- JP
>>
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