Re: minimal systems (was Re: Best CoCo Game of All)

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From: Ricky Beam
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1993 02:19

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Chris Strickland writes:
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>Enjoyed the nostalgia trip.  Reminded me of how I conned my wife into spending
>our tax refund on the $399 4K coco I (I think I was one of the first to
>buy one).  Imagine, she wanted to buy a washer and dryer (back in 82 you
>could get a washer and dryer for that price).  I've never be able to live
>that one down, but I did get my ol' gray coco.  Did the trace cuts to
>upgrade to 64K, and the monitor card (even looked like I built it).  We
>had lots of good times, I almost cried two years ago when it finally
>died (probably was broken hearted, since it was relagated to a dumb
>terminal connected to my Coco III running OS9).

Speaking of dead COCOs... I have a cocoII that needs a SAM.  It fried itself
a few months (read over a year) ago.

--Ricky

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