24 Apr
2002
24 Apr
'02
2:36 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick@idcomm.com]
Knowing this it probably more rhetorical:
I haven't looked at the insides of the COCO2
I've got sitting
here, but I
don't see any place for a FDD or a HDD. Are there serial
Yep, that's a problem. Mine had a Floppy controller that plugged
into the cartridge slot. The tape setup wasn't bad either, for the
time.
ports anywhere that
Yeah, I'm certain there was a serial port, but I can't tell you
about it. It's been a while.
I can use? How much R/W memory does it have? How do
you
R/W memory? It has up to 64k of RAM if that's what you mean. If
it were a CoCo 3, it would have up to 512.
expand it to do
something useful?
It's not bad with _only_ the computer, and a disk setup.
... see what I mean? You have to do so much to the
thing
that RS sells you
that it takes up a whole tabletop just to get to what's in
the PC's box, and
You didn't mention that the PSUs were external on many peripherals
too ;)
if you compare the price of a typical PC Clone
available the
same year the
COCO2 was offered, how do they compare in price, avaialble
software base, etc?
There's lots of software for CoCo, but I don't have numbers.
With the COCO, you're better off starting from a
wirewrap
panel and a bucket
I think that may be an exaggeration. :)
of parts, since the video on the COCO is not "up
to snuff,"
i.e. 80x24
characters-capable. It uses that ridiculous 6847, IIRC, and
Actually, there are applications that do 80x24 in some high-res
video mode, for word processing and the like. I ran at least one
on my CoCo1 with 64k of RAM.
Chris
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