6 Sep
2002
6 Sep
'02
9:01 a.m.
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Define "real" -- Admittedly, the CoCo1's
chicklet keyboard sucked bigtime,
but The CoCo2/3's keyboard is as good as anything made nowadays... (that's
With one glaring exception: NO CONTROL KEY.
What computer comes without a CONTROL key?
That and the RF video out only with no built-in composite video output
would have made the CoCo a complete lemon if it weren't for the
brilliance of the users that managed to extend and expand it. And OS-9
was also a definite plus.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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