[Coco] First CoCo

[Neil Cherry]

On 10/19/2018 07:14 PM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
> Change of subject.  ;)
> 
> How many of us still have their first CoCo?
> 

Apparently I'm not the only odd ball on the List.

I started with the Atari 800XL because I hated that CoCo 1 keyboard
and most of the magazines were for Apple, Atari and Commodore.

My first go at OS9 was on a Gimix Ghost (6 terminals, 2 printers,
2 modems, with LII, 2 M of 8k static Ram chips and a 20 M drive).
Where I worked we did development work in C and various assembly
language (6800, 6802, 6809 and 68HC11). That was in 1983.

More recently, about 2 years ago ...

I only received a CoCo 2 and CoCo 3 from a gentleman who could put
time into their proper attention and I knew what OS9 is. :-) I will
be setting up Nitros9 for the VCF Museum. I also worked with the
Sardis ST2900 using Radio Shack OS9 LI. I have 3 of these boards.
I really need to get some time and sit down, get drive wire running.

I do have a lot of other computers, just can't recall which ones at
the moment. And I've given a lot of others to VCF in Wall Twp, NJ.

BTW, my Atari 800 XL disks and drives from 1983 still work.

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