[Coco] 1 or 2 meg upgrade

[Bill Pierce]

Aaron, when you put it that way, then you need to go back to the beginning.
1. 512k? Who needs more than 64k. The 6809 can't access any more.
2. Disk drives? What was wrong with cassettes? It what the machine was originally designed for.
3. CM-8 (RGB) monitor? The Coco was supposed to be RS's answer to an affordable home computer one could plug into the family TV... not a $400 monitor.
4. Hard Drives? What are you gonna put on that much space anyway? 7000 PModes of Farrah Faucet? Go back to #2
5. DW4? Whos gonna use more than 1x 158k SSDD drive, but wait, go back to #2 again
6. 80 column screen? What was wrong with the 32x16 screen? TSEdit worked fine.
7. 640x192 graphics? Zaxxon ran fine on 256x192. Who needs it?
8. Printers? What's wrong with reading the screen? Ya gonna try reading your computer in bed or something?
9. AT/XT/PS2 keyboard interface? What you gonna do with all those extra keys anyway?
10. More, more, and more....


There were those that felt this way on every single addition that was made to the Coco. I know of many who thought the Coco 3 was overkill and never purchased one. We have a few right here on the list that ONLY work with Coco 2s.
It all comes down to what YOU want in your Coco... not what you think others should/should not have in their Coco.
Personally, I'll have 1-2meg, Eagle Keyboard, CM-8, HDs/VHDs, DW4, MIDI, Internet Access, and while you're at it... Put some bacon on that with a little mustard. Mmmm... bacon....


:-P
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 22, 2014 3:15 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] 1 or 2 meg upgrade


On Nov 22, 2014 2:56 AM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> I'm must say that I'm in agreement with Aaron... "512K should be enough
for anyone!".   :)
>

Two points:  first, I am not suggesting that there is *no* reason to have
more memory.  I just think that the difficulty of adding more than 512k
compared to the benefit isn't a very good tradeoff.  The same benefits can
be obtained via easier approaches.  If its as simple as clicking an option
in an emulator, go for it of course.  If you have to physically alter your
coco.. Maybe its time to reconsider what you're trying to do and whether
there are other ways to do it.

Second, the famous "640k is enough for anyone" quote looks silly now in the
context of newer machines with more capable CPUs, etc.  However, if you
apply the quote only to the original IBM PC, it remains true today.  More
than 640k on an 8086 makes no more sense now than it did when those words
were spoken (if they actually ever were, I think there is some doubt about
that being a true story).  On a 286, 386 etc of course things are
different, but the coco hasn't seen any architecture advances like that.

-Aaron

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