Re: Old Friends
Brian Blake via Coco <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:27:15 -0400
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--===============0152679535856138999== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000088cc500656a8cca4" --00000000000088cc500656a8cca4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm on the approach to 60.... Ohioan by birth, Floridian by the grace of U-Haul and a bad economy... -------- Sarcasm is the body's natural defense to stupidity. On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 2:20=E2=80=AFPM Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker via Coco < [email protected]> wrote: > My first CoCo was a Brazilian clone (CP-400), which Santa Claus brought m= e > in 1984. (Yes, I still believed in it at 7 yrs old. I'm on the 40++ > age-group). > > On Dec 26 I got my screwdriver and opened it to see how it worked. > Luckily, my father could fix it (give me some points, I opened it > carefully). > > I spent many hours writing programs in BASIC, saving and loading from > tape. Actually what inspired me to learn English (I'm portuguese-speaker) > was the ability to read the assembly programming manuals and play Mark Da= ta > Productions' text adventure games. > > I used it until my mother sold it, "so I could go out to play in the > playground more often". After years of intense begging for another comput= er > I was asked if I wanted an MSX (which was the fashion at the time). No, I > asked for a second hand CoCo 2, which I still have with me today in worki= ng > condition. I wanted a CoCo 3, but none were available in Brazil at that > time. > > It was only 13 years ago I bought a CoCo 3 (one of the last with Cloud-9 > pedigree!), which still runs with a CoCoSDC, an MPI, a MiniIDE, two delux= e > Joysticks and an RGB2VGA for "modern" video. > > A Computer Engineering degree and 20 years working in IT (not anymore!), = a > Computer Engineering degree and 20 years working in IT (not anymore!) sti= ll > make it my most beloved computer. > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 10:33=E2=80=AFPM rietveldh via Coco < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> My frost coco was a 2 that I received for Christmas 1984 >> 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 >> >> >> Sent from my Unihertz Titan >> >> On Jul 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI via Coco < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, don't forget those above 50 as well. Of course I only got on the b= andwagon 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 true va= lue 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 great time ! >> >> Eddy Szczerbinski, Quebec city >> >> ________________________________________ >> De : Coco <[email protected]> de la part de Tony Schount= z via Coco <[email protected]> >> Envoy=C3=A9 : 10 juillet 2026 15:43 >> =C3=80 : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts (new) >> Cc : Tony Schountz >> Objet : Re: [Coco] Old Friends >> >> I'm one of those "over 60" guys. Since COVID I've been swamped with work= and don't do much computing other than bioinformatics and statistics. Stil= l have my old Coco3 modified with a 3.5" floppy and a hard drive with keybo= ard adapter, But it hasn't been powered on for more than a decade. I've tri= ed 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 de= veloped many years ago but really haven't done anything to update it. >> >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 10:58=E2=80=AFAM Allen Huffman via Coco <coco@li= stserv.adelphi.edu<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> >> Always great to see a familiar name pop up. >> >> Ever extra trip around the sun is a good day for those of us closer to t= he end than to the start. >> >> =E2=80=94 Allen >> -- >> Coco mailing list >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco >> -- >> Coco mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco >> >> >> -- >> Coco mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco >> > -- > Coco mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco > --00000000000088cc500656a8cca4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div>I'm on the approach to 60....</div><div dir=3D"a= uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div= ><br></div><div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">Ohioan by birth,=C2=A0Fl= oridian by the grace of U-Haul and a bad economy...<div>--------</div><div>= Sarcasm is the body's natural defense to stupidity.</div></div></div><b= r><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 2:20=E2=80=AFPM Gustavo Ranaur Schoen= aker via Coco <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">coco@listser= v.adelphi.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty= le=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div d= ir=3D"ltr">My first CoCo was a Brazilian clone (CP-400), which Santa Claus = brought me in 1984. (Yes, I still believed in it at 7 yrs old. I'm on t= he 40++ age-group).<div><br></div><div>On Dec 26 I got my screwdriver and o= pened it to see how it worked. Luckily, my father could fix it (give me som= e points, I opened it carefully).<br><br>I spent many hours writing program= s in BASIC, saving and loading from tape. Actually what inspired me to lear= n English (I'm portuguese-speaker) was the ability to read the assembly= programming manuals and play Mark Data Productions' text adventure gam= es.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I used it until my mother sold it, "= ;so I could go out to play in the playground more often". After years = of intense begging for another computer I was asked if I wanted an MSX (whi= ch was the fashion at the time).=C2=A0No, I asked for a second hand CoCo 2,= which I still have with me today in working condition. I wanted a CoCo 3, = but none were available=C2=A0in Brazil at that time.</div><div><br></div><d= iv>It was only 13 years ago I bought a CoCo 3 (one of the last with Cloud-9= pedigree!), which still runs with a CoCoSDC, an MPI, a MiniIDE, two deluxe= Joysticks and an=C2=A0<span style=3D"color:rgb(30,34,45);font-family:Inter= ,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-colo= r:transparent">RGB2VGA</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(30,34,45);font-family= :Inter,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;backgroun= d-color:transparent">=C2=A0for "modern" video.</span></div><div><= span style=3D"color:rgb(30,34,45);font-family:Inter,"Helvetica Neue&qu= ot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:transparent"><br></spa= n></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(30,34,45);font-family:Inter,"Hel= vetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:transpar= ent">A Computer Engineering degree and 20 years working in IT (not anymore!= ), a Computer Engineering degree and 20 years working in IT (not anymore!) = still make it my most beloved computer.</span></div></div><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at= 10:33=E2=80=AFPM rietveldh via Coco <<a href=3D"mailto:coco-JX7+OpRa80Qorr/[email protected]= elphi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</= a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p= x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><d= iv id=3D"m_2044149061781635885m_-4998587583429305995m_-1385990878633687926e= do-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 drive and lat= er the Mpi and Speech/sound cart</div><div style=3D"font-size:16px"><br></d= iv><div style=3D"font-size:16px"><br></div><div id=3D"m_2044149061781635885= m_-4998587583429305995m_-1385990878633687926edo-signature">Sent from my Uni= hertz Titan </div></div></div><div id=3D"m_2044149061781635885m_-4998587583= 429305995m_-1385990878633687926edo-original"><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"= style=3D"margin:1ex 0px 0px;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding= -left:0.4ex"><div id=3D"m_2044149061781635885m_-4998587583429305995m_-13859= 90878633687926edo-meta">On Jul 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM, EDDY SZCZERBINSKI via C= oco <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel= =3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>> wrote: <br><br></div><pre= >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, an= d 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 enough to work in a Radi= o Shack by age fifteen all the way to my college years - what a great time = !<br><br>Eddy Szczerbinski, Quebec city<br><br>____________________________= ____________<br>De : Coco <coco-bounces@<a href=3D"http://listserv.adelp= hi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>> d= e la part de Tony Schountz via Coco <coco@<a href=3D"http://listserv.ade= lphi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>>= <br>Envoy=C3=A9 : 10 juillet 2026 15:43<br>=C3=80 : CoCoList for Color Comp= uter Enthusiasts (new)<br>Cc : Tony Schountz<br>Objet : Re: [Coco] Old Frie= nds<br><br>I'm one of those "over 60" guys. Since COVID 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"= floppy and a hard drive with keyboard adapter, But it hasn't been powe= red 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 r= eally haven't done anything to update it.<br><br>On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 a= t 10:58=E2=80=AFAM Allen Huffman via Coco <coco@<a href=3D"http://listse= rv.adelphi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</= a><mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:coco@" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">= coco@</a><a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n= oreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>Hi Bill,<br><br>Alway= s great to see a familiar name pop up.<br><br>Ever extra trip around the su= n 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"http://listserv.adelphi.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">lists= erv.adelphi.edu</a><mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:Coco@" target=3D"_blank" re= l=3D"noreferrer">Coco@</a><a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu" target=3D= "_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</a>><br><a href=3D"http= ://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco" target=3D"_blank" re= l=3D"noreferrer">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco<= /a><br>-- <br>Coco mailing list<br>Coco@<a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.= edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">listserv.adelphi.edu</a><br><a hr= ef=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco" target=3D"= _blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/list= info/coco</a><br></pre> =20 <br> </blockquote></div></div>-- <br> Coco mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noref= errer">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cg= i-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco</a><br> </blockquote></div> -- <br> Coco mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noref= errer">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cg= i-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco</a><br> </blockquote></div> --00000000000088cc500656a8cca4-- --===============0152679535856138999== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Coco mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco --===============0152679535856138999==--