22 Jun
1997
22 Jun
'97
12:04 a.m.
Actually, I believe that Hot Coco was a mag published by Wayne Green of 80-Micro and Byte
fame.
Regards,
Bob
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From: Mike Sprague[SMTP:sprague@VivaNET.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 1997 9:40 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Cocos
e.tedeschi wrote:
Just to help me understand better...when you refer to Cocos, do you
refer to the Tandy TRS-80 COlour COmputers?
Yes. I don't know where the name origionally started, but the support
magazine Tandy put out was called Hot CoCo.
~ Mike
22 Jun
22 Jun
4:41 a.m.
Yes. I don't know where the name origionally started, but the support
magazine Tandy put out was called Hot CoCo.
~ Mike
IIRC, there was some debate in the _really_ early rainbow magazines.
(Or maybe it was in the 80 Micros. I have those, I'll have to check
later.) They were trying to decide a nickname for the Colour
Computer. I don't remember off hand what some of the other candidates
were, but there were some people who thought CoCo was too 'cute' or
non-business like or some such.
ttfn
srw
10:51 a.m.
On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Scott Walde wrote:
IIRC, there was some debate in the _really_ early
rainbow magazines.
(Or maybe it was in the 80 Micros. I have those, I'll have to check
later.) They were trying to decide a nickname for the Colour
Computer. I don't remember off hand what some of the other candidates
were, but there were some people who thought CoCo was too 'cute' or
non-business like or some such.
I've always held the nickname as being rather obnoxious. Calling it the
"COC" would have been more masculine and macho!
Sam
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7:09 p.m.
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, Scott Walde wrote:
Ah! Yes, but very few men would have bought it...
enrico
IIRC, there was some debate in the _really_ early
rainbow magazines.
(Or maybe it was in the 80 Micros. I have those, I'll have to check
later.) They were trying to decide a nickname for the Colour
Computer. I don't remember off hand what some of the other candidates
were, but there were some people who thought CoCo was too 'cute' or
non-business like or some such.
I've always held the nickname as being rather obnoxious. Calling it the
"COC" would have been more masculine and macho!
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
23 Jun
23 Jun
4:40 a.m.
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, e.tedeschi wrote:
Ah! Yes, but very few men would have bought it...
Well, I don't necessarily want to be having a love affair with my "CoCo"
either. At least with a COC you could say "I play with my COC all day!
I love the feel of my COC under my fingertips".
Sam
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Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass
IIRC, there was some debate in the _really_ early
rainbow magazines.
(Or maybe it was in the 80 Micros. I have those, I'll have to check
later.) They were trying to decide a nickname for the Colour
Computer. I don't remember off hand what some of the other candidates
were, but there were some people who thought CoCo was too 'cute' or
non-business like or some such.
I've always held the nickname as being rather obnoxious. Calling it the
"COC" would have been more masculine and macho!
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