[Coco] Fwd: Re: is this group still active?

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

Wants to get rid of his CoCo stuff; see first message below.

Dennis



>From: "michael brown" <nworbekim at windstream.net>
>Subject: Re: is this group still active?
>Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 07:03:40 -0400
>
>THERE'S A VOICE FROM THE PAST!!!     many thanks for the many 
>inspirations you gave me... my life would probably be considerably 
>different if it weren't for people like you and the rainbow 
>contributors...  the impact gave me the desire to earn a PC computer 
>tech certificate and although i don't actually work as a tech in the 
>computer industry, i have used the knowledge in my career as a 
>musician/teacher...  i believe it was an article by you, in fact, 
>that turned me on to electronic music... and i've continued to 
>combine music and computers since.
>
>recently i purchased a roland guitar synth and am struggling to 
>master it... i am utterly overwhelmed by the sounds built into the 
>box, i can't wait until i'm able to work out my own sounds...
>
>nostalgically, i hate to see the coco stuff go in the dumpster... i 
>hoped maybe someone out there might use it... but i need to 
>declutter the farm. we've lived here 24 years and suddenly it seems 
>that we're overwhelmed with "STUFF" ...  i can't remember bringing 
>it all in, but somehow, its here... i've taken 1 pallet load off, 
>and have another ready, and i'm not quite finished...  i given, i 
>guess, a quarter ton of stuff to the local scrap metal scavengers... 
>i set stuff at the end of the lane near the mailbox, with a FREE 
>SCRAP sign, and its gone within the hour... people are struggling to 
>earn a living, and they're eager for the stuff... i'm lucky i'm in 
>the position i'm in, and don't have to worry so much, at the moment.
>
>i'm firmly, entrenched in the PC world these days... and the coco 
>stuff just doesn't fit any more.
>
>i won't bother you with a subscription, but you might post the 
>earlier message to the group, for me...
>
>THANKS AGAIN!!!
>
>
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>  the game is won not on game-day, but in the work and preparation 
> that leads up to game-day.
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" 
><bathory at maltedmedia.com>
>To: "michael brown" <nworbekim at windstream.net>
>Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 12:14 AM
>Subject: Re: is this group still active?
>
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>>On Thu, September 29, 2011 11:49 pm, michael brown wrote:
>>>i am a former coco enthusiast and this past week, i've been 
>>>cleaning up around
>>>the house.  i've found a box of coco's, drives, cartridges, 
>>>software packages
>>>and books... if your group is still active and interested, i will gladly
>>>inventory this stuff, box it and ship it to whoever is willing to pay the
>>>shipping...  i've contacted former coco owners around my area, and while
>>>there's a lot of nostalgia, there's not a lot of interest...
>>>
>>>the stuff will be here a couple of weeks, then its going into the 
>>>dumpster...
>>>
>>>many thanks...
>>
>>Hi Michael,
>>
>>Do you want me to subscribe you to the group? It has about 350 
>>active members.
>>
>>Dennis
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