[Coco] Intro.

[William Astle]

On 10-11-13 02:13 PM, Steven Triller wrote:
>
> Well what is wrong with calling the Color Computer 3 the Mark 3? That designation is accurate since it is the 3rd version of that machine...somehow the Color Computer 3 without the the addition of V or MK before the 3 seems improper....it is the 3rd version or mark of the Color Computer....and that is why I have chosen that designation...

What's wrong with it is that it is not the designation from the original 
manufacturer. It says right on the box "Color Computer 3". Thus, the 
correct name does not include "Mark" in it.

That aside, there is over 20 years of history which calls it "Color 
Computer 3" with no "mark" in it. Thus, using that will likely confuse 
people.

As a side note, the "Mark #" designation scheme is not commonly used in 
North America so it will likely confuse a substantial portion of the 
people reached through this list.

>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:49:57 -0500
>> From: flexser at fiu.edu
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Intro.
>>
>> Welcome, but I've gotta ask:
>>
>> What's an "MK 3" Color Computer?  Never heard of that beast.  Do you perhaps
>> mean a CoCo 3?  Or, is it one of those CoCo clones sold only in Madagascar
>> or someplace?
>>
>> Art
>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Steven Triller<trillersmi at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Well, to introduce myself, I suppose I should say I am a collector
>>> interested in vintage electronics from the old-era, why? Because they
>>> generally embody a better design both in the style of the design and in the
>>> quality of the hardware, and perhaps most importantly are still useful and
>>> certainly fun, in the case of vintage micro-computers they offer all of the
>>> basic functions that we use on modern computers today-that is to say with
>>> the right hardware and software you could even write a term-paper on a Tandy
>>> Color Computer. Furthermore, they also play great old-style/arcade games, so
>>> they are great gaming machines. The second generation of hardware, in terms
>>> of video games and computers was for me at least the best era, so many
>>> simple but innovative games made in that era-in short I think there was much
>>> more uniqueness in the design of games. As for the modern era-games seem to
>>> follow a predetermined pattern and consensus, in other words genres and
>>> franchises-in short what i
>>>   s successful, the modern era seems stagnant, it is just a game of follow
>>> the leader. As for my interest in CoCo, I am interested in it because of the
>>> reasons cited above and so I just acquired a MK 3 Color Computer, but I have
>>>   no games for it.........so what I would really like is some basic game
>>> code so I can enter the the game code itself so that I can start
>>> enjoying it-computers like the Commodore Vic-20 and The Coco are really
>>> great gaming computers, and that is my main interest-the type of games I
>>>   like are arcade-style games, Like Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pacman
>>> and so on. Also I am also interested in the history of the Machine and as
>>>   such would be interested in material like Consumer reports or Ad's or
>>> other material produced-magazine articles or general articles especially
>>>   those containing examples of game code, and introducing the new CoCo.
>>> These material are desired on the subject of CoCo, articles made at the
>>> height of The Color Computer's popularity from the early 80's to the early
>>> 90's........
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
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