Re: Old Friends

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My frost coco was a 2 that I received for Christmas 1984
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I picked up the coco for Christmas of 1986 and saved my money for a disk =
drive and later the Mpi and Speech/sound cart
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Sent from my Unihertz Titan
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> On Jul 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI via Coco  <coco=40listser=
v.adelphi.edu>  wrote:
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>  Well, don't forget those above 50 as well. Of course I only got on the=
 bandwagon with the CoCo 2 and saw the end of the CoCo 3 rather quickly, =
and then switch to a Tandy 1000 EX, but it was enough for us to see the t=
rue value of those vintage computers. I was also lucky enough to work in =
a Radio Shack by age fifteen all the way to my college years - what a gre=
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> Eddy Szczerbinski, Quebec city
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> De : Coco  <coco-bounces=40listserv.adelphi.edu>  de la part de Tony Sc=
hountz via Coco  <coco=40listserv.adelphi.edu>
> Envoy=C3=A9 : 10 juillet 2026 15:43
> =C3=80 : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts (new)
> Cc : Tony Schountz
> Objet : Re: =5BCoco=5D Old =46riends
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> I'm one of those =22over 60=22 guys. Since COVID I've been swamped with=
 work and don't do much computing other than bioinformatics and statistic=
s. Still have my old Coco3 modified with a 3.5=22 floppy and a hard drive=
 with keyboard adapter, But it hasn't been powered on for more than a dec=
ade. I've tried the emulators but I can't seem to get a virtual OS-9 Leve=
l II disk that functions, so not much from me. I still have the Quick Pas=
cal API that I developed many years ago but really haven't done anything =
to update it.
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> On =46ri, Jul 10, 2026 at 10:58=E2=80=AFAM Allen Huffman via Coco  <coc=
o=40listserv.adelphi.edu<mailto:coco=40listserv.adelphi.edu>>  wrote:
> Hi Bill,
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> Always great to see a familiar name pop up.
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> Ever extra trip around the sun is a good day for those of us closer to =
the end than to the start.
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>  =E2=80=94 Allen
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<meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><d=
iv id=3D"edo-message"><div><div style=3D"font-size:16px">My frost coco was =
a 2 that I received for Christmas 1984</div><div style=3D"font-size:16px">I=
 picked up the coco for Christmas of 1986 and saved my money for a disk dri=
ve and later the Mpi and Speech/sound cart</div><div style=3D"font-size:16p=
x"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:16px"><br></div><div id=3D"edo-signatu=
re">Sent from my Unihertz Titan </div></div></div><div id=3D"edo-original">=
<div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin: 1ex 0 0 0 !important; borde=
r-left: 1px #ccc solid !important; padding-left: 0.4ex !important;"><div id=
=3D"edo-meta">On Jul 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI via Coco &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote: <br><br></div><pre>Well, don't forget those above 50 as well. Of c=
ourse I only got on the bandwagon with the CoCo 2 and saw the end of the Co=
Co 3 rather quickly, and then switch to a Tandy 1000 EX, but it was enough =
for us to see the true value of those vintage computers. I was also lucky e=
nough to work in a Radio Shack by age fifteen all the way to my college yea=
rs - what a great time !<br><br>Eddy Szczerbinski, Quebec city<br><br>_____=
___________________________________<br>De : Coco &lt;coco-bounces@<a href=
=3D"listserv.adelphi.edu">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>&gt; de la part de Tony S=
chountz via Coco &lt;coco@<a href=3D"listserv.adelphi.edu">listserv.adelphi=
.edu</a>&gt;<br>Envoy=C3=A9 : 10 juillet 2026 15:43<br>=C3=80 : CoCoList fo=
r Color Computer Enthusiasts (new)<br>Cc : Tony Schountz<br>Objet : Re: [Co=
co] Old Friends<br><br>I'm one of those &quot;over 60&quot; guys. Since COV=
ID I've been swamped with work and don't do much computing other than bioin=
formatics and statistics. Still have my old Coco3 modified with a 3.5&quot;=
 floppy and a hard drive with keyboard adapter, But it hasn't been powered =
on for more than a decade. I've tried the emulators but I can't seem to get=
 a virtual OS-9 Level II disk that functions, so not much from me. I still =
have the Quick Pascal API that I developed many years ago but really haven'=
t done anything to update it.<br><br>On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 10:58=E2=80=AF=
AM Allen Huffman via Coco &lt;coco@<a href=3D"listserv.adelphi.edu">listser=
v.adelphi.edu</a>&lt;mailto:coco@<a href=3D"listserv.adelphi.edu">listserv.=
adelphi.edu</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>Hi Bill,<br><br>Always great to see a fam=
iliar name pop up.<br><br>Ever extra trip around the sun is a good day for =
those of us closer to the end than to the start.<br><br>                =E2=
=80=94 Allen<br>--<br>Coco mailing list<br>Coco@<a href=3D"listserv.adelphi=
.edu">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>&lt;mailto:Coco@<a href=3D"listserv.adelphi.e=
du">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>&gt;<br><a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu/=
cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/=
listinfo/coco</a><br>-- <br>Coco mailing list<br>Coco@<a href=3D"listserv.a=
delphi.edu">listserv.adelphi.edu</a><br><a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.=
edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mail=
man/listinfo/coco</a><br></pre> =20
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