Re: Old Friends

It's always nice to see the list members show up, and once again many 
super big thanks to Fred Hicks for making the transition from 
maltedmedia to adelphi so seamless!

I didn't really move on much with the CoCo after Green Mountain Micro 
went under; too much of a bad feeling losing my life savings and taking 
18 years to pay off the debts. In fact, for my professional writing and 
editing, I kept using the Model I straight until moving to Windows in 
1993!

But I always loved the CoCo for its elegance and the wonderful support 
community.

Dennis




On 2026-07-10 12:54, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:

> When I joined this list (many years ago), each day brought quite few, 
> sometimes 30 or 40 emails from Coco enthusiasts. These days I'm lucky 
> to see 4 or 5 messages a week. I've come to realize it's not from a 
> lack of enthusiasm. Some of us have quieted down our Coco activity 
> (myself included) due to life situations, jobs, or just "not enough 
> time). But... the sad reality is that many have left us for that great 
> Radio Shack in the sky.
> 
> I have made MANY friends here, some I feel are as close as my own 
> family, though I've never met them in person. I've bought and sold Coco 
> gear, learned to indulge in high level programming, and had some great 
> arguments on this list and it has been sad to watch the "list" slowly 
> fade to it's current state. Seeing the obituary announcements of old 
> members is like losing family members... heartbreaking to say the 
> least.
> 
> I applaud those of us over 60 who are still here and monitoring the 
> list. We may not post often, but we still watch, waiting for that good 
> chance of a heated argument on serial protocol, C programming syntax, 
> or Basic variable spaces. I mean... who else can we talk to about this 
> stuff?
> 
> The FaceBook group is still pretty active, but I find a lot of the 
> newer members are new to the Coco having picked one up on EBay or 
> inherited it from family members. Like here, a lot of the older folk 
> are gone, but definitely not forgotten.
> 
> By the way, has anyone heard from Robert Gault? I used to talk to him 
> quite often here and on FB, but he seems to have gone silent. Through 
> the years he has become a close friend and advisor and I hate to find 
> that he too has passed on. I know (unless something's happened in the 
> past couple of weeks) that Gene Heskett is still with is. Probably the 
> toughest old coot I know.
> 
> So keep those cards and letter coming... and LONG LIVE THE COCO!!
> 
> Bill Pierce
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