Re: CD I

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From: Michael J Knudsen +1 708 713 513...
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 21:52

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>(I wish that Tandy had put a real ACIA in the CoCo instead of using half
>a PIA and lots of CPU time to emulate one.  Why didn't they?  I would
>guess the same reason, especially in 1980 or whenever the CoCo 1 was
>designed.)

No you don't wish that, James.  By sticking the Coco with a software
serial port, they made possible such things as Audio SPectrum
Analyzer, WEFAX, and of course MIDI.

But of course I agree with your main point -- don't build in
anything that isn't worth the cost.
Also marketing a video toy as expandable to a computer didn't work
for Tandy's last Xmas season with the Coco 3.  --mike k

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