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 >Reply to Item    0481502                 93/12/02        13:18
 >From:   COCO@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU@INET#   Internet Gateway
 >Sub:      Re: Oldest CoCo
 >From <@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU:COCO@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU> Thu Dec  2 23:23:39

 >Allan says, "I wonder how many diehard CoCo people at that time who were
 >using 1's would have loved to have gotten one of the "pre-2s".

 > Why?  Apart from the later models having a lowercase-capable VDG
 >(not applicable in this case), what could you do with a CoCo 2 that you
 >couldn't do with a CoCo 1?  It's not like the difference between a CoCo 2
 >and a CoCo 3!

Art, I guess it would be for those types who wanted the "new" model.  When I
had my CoCo 1, I finally blew it up accidentally and Radio Shack could not
repair it (they wanted to replace the entire circuit board for $200+ or so)
and I was dead set on getting one of those dumb new CoCo 2s.  Yuck!  I loved
my grey case and keyboard!  But, I bought a CoCo 2 anyway.  I did get my
CoCo 1 fixed later that year when I went to Arizona to visit with my mother
and found a place (with all kinds of computer stuff new and used!) that
fixed it for $15!  So, I continue to have a working CoCo 1.  (I stayed with
my CoCo 2 at this point though, getting used to it's keyboard...but I'll
never part with my CoCo 1 - too much sentimental value in it!)

          Allen C. Huffman -/- Sub-Etha Software