19 Jun
1998
19 Jun
'98
3:46 p.m.
Chris Halarewich wrote:
I was looking around at http://www.patents.ibm.com
I discovered that Commodore Electronics held the
patent for the case of the TRS-80 CoCo2(3?), which makes me wonder if
they designed the rest of the computer for Radio Shack.
Any Edgeumacated guesses anyone...anyone :)
I'd have to express some rather strong doubts. The CoCo 2/3 case was
essentially a streamlining of the CoCo 1 case, configured for the
non-chicklet keyboard and smaller mainboard. Point me to a specific
patent number -- I'm not saying it's impossible, but I was at Tandy
at the time and heard no rumors of deals with Commodore.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_