Re: Old Friends

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The CoCo 3 was a completely useable machine. I used mine in college, Word
Power for writing papers.  With OS9 I could multitask apps and connect to
the school computer systems to use the pre-web Internet like IRC, Usenet,
MUDs, etc. 80 columns on an RGB screen and all.

On Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:08=E2=80=AFAM Ciaran Anscomb via Coco <
[email protected]> wrote:

> "M. David Johnson via Coco" wrote:
> > Is it because I=E2=80=99m 80 that I=E2=80=99m more fascinated with the =
Coco2 than
> > with the Coco3?
>
> The CoCo 3 wasn't released in the UK, so although I do now own both PAL
> and NTSC versions of it, I still don't really think of it as a "proper
> machine that people could have owned".  More of a fun artefact from an
> alternate reality.
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>The CoCo 3 was a completely useable machine. I used =
mine in college, Word Power for writing papers.=C2=A0 With OS9 I could mult=
itask apps and connect to the school computer systems to use the pre-web In=
ternet like IRC, Usenet, MUDs, etc. 80 columns on an RGB screen and all.<br=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 11:08=E2=80=AFAM Ciaran Anscomb via =
Coco &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1=
ex">&quot;M. David Johnson via Coco&quot; wrote:<br>
&gt; Is it because I=E2=80=99m 80 that I=E2=80=99m more fascinated with the=
 Coco2 than<br>
&gt; with the Coco3?<br>
<br>
The CoCo 3 wasn&#39;t released in the UK, so although I do now own both PAL=
<br>
and NTSC versions of it, I still don&#39;t really think of it as a &quot;pr=
oper<br>
machine that people could have owned&quot;.=C2=A0 More of a fun artefact fr=
om an<br>
alternate reality.<br><br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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