[Coco] coco 2 vs coco 3

Bill Loguidice bill at armchairarcade.com
Mon Sep 29 15:22:22 EDT 2014


Definitely. While the IBM PC is the obvious champion when it comes to
long-term value from a single platform (1981 - present), the CoCo is easily
in the upper echelon of the top 10 along with platforms like the Apple II,
Atari 8-bit, C-64, and MSX (one could argue Macintosh is in the mix (1984 -
present), but the multiple changes in architecture break up the chain a
bit). Of course one could also argue it's amongst the worst of that group
in terms of mainstream support and of course modern day recognition and
fan-base, but there's no denying it's still part of an elite class of
platforms. No one can ever take that away.

-Bill

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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> Certainly superior. If it wasn't for the CoCo3, I would have moved on from
> the CoCo. I recall back in '85 that I was evaluating the then new MSX
> systems. I almost bought a Sega SC-3000 (which wasn't strictly MSX) but
> when I heard that the CoCo3 was coming out, I stopped to check it out.
>
> The vastly improved graphics modes, 512k RAM, andvanced interrupt handling
> and higher clock speed sold me.
>
> I saw great potential in the CoCo3 and the fact it was available in so
> many Tandy/Radio Shack stores worldwide made me stick with the Radio Shack
> line.
>
> I know many of us mock Radio Shack but we must acknowledge that they kept
> the CoCo alive for just over 10 years which is pretty good when compared to
> many other 8 bit systems of the time.
>
> Nick
>


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