[cctalk] Re: any COCO enthusiasts

There is surprisingly little interest in Techtronics gear despite the coolness factor. As for the Intel MFS? System, which is Multibus? I have a whole crate of mb cards on the way so FUGGEDABOUTIT :) When I was shopping for my first computer, I looked at the CoCo. In reality anything TRS-80 related had a lot of sex appeal (sounds weird I know). I opted for a Tandy 1000. Dollar for dollar it was the best deal to be had (at Radio Shack). So hence my bias, but that's a strong term. On Monday, January 23, 2023, 01:49:45 PM EST, Marvin Johnston via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: As to what can you do with it? A local company was running a homemade NC drill using the (IIRC) Coco 2 with a pair of disk drives to drive the thing. I bought it for kicks, but never used it. To ask another similar question, I have a tektronix 2 axis controller that uses paper tape. Changing the questions slightly, WHY would I use such a thing? And ditto for an Intel software development system. I have more than enough nostalgia items to keep me busy for the next hundred years or so :).