23 Jan
2023
23 Jan
'23
7:49 p.m.
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 :).
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:22:06 +0000 (UTC) From:
skogkatt007(a)yahoo.com Subject: [cctalk] any COCO enthusiasts
I don't even remember signing up for the
RetroAbout64K mailing list.
I haven't seen any actual dicussion in my remembrance. But I do get
once or twice a week an email about COCO Nation or some such. Sounds
like a hot chocolate enthusiasts group seeking world domination.
Anyway I've had COCOs going back. Or 1 that I scarfed from a friend
for 20$ (back in 89 I think). I realize it has a 6809 and all, the
successor to the venerable 6800. But what can you do with the things?
Is there even a color output, despite the name. I can't remember. I
only remember playing Dungeons of Daggorath or whatever. The guy I
bought it from claimed he programmed a complex naval similation. Yeah
whatever.
23 Jan
23 Jan
8:23 p.m.
New subject: any COCO enthusiasts
OS/9 is a multi users, multitasking operating system.
There are many applications and video games and many programming
languages available for the 6809 (C, Basic, Basic09, Forth, Assembler,
Lisp, etc).
On 1/23/2023 12:49 PM, Marvin Johnston via cctalk 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 :).
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:22:06 +0000 (UTC)
From:
skogkatt007(a)yahoo.com Subject: [cctalk] any COCO enthusiasts
I don't even remember signing up for the
RetroAbout64K mailing list.
I haven't seen any actual dicussion in my remembrance. But I do get
once or twice a week an email about COCO Nation or some such. Sounds
like a hot chocolate enthusiasts group seeking world domination.
Anyway I've had COCOs going back. Or 1 that I scarfed from a friend
for 20$ (back in 89 I think). I realize it has a 6809 and all, the
successor to the venerable 6800. But what can you do with the things?
Is there even a color output, despite the name. I can't remember. I
only remember playing Dungeons of Daggorath or whatever. The guy I
bought it from claimed he programmed a complex naval similation. Yeah
whatever.
8:34 p.m.
New subject: 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 :).
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