[Coco] Intro.

[Todd Wallace]

What about the Apple II or Apple IIe or a million other computer models.  Why not Apple Mark 2? They are what the manufacturer names them.  And in this case its the Tandy Color Computer 3 :)  Though many of us call it the CoCo3, but thats a nickname.

On Nov 13, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Steven Triller wrote:

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> I understand, but do you not think that Mark or V3 would made more sense than just 3?
> 
>> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:53:14 -0700
>> From: lost at l-w.ca
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Intro.
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>> 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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