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From: dave@kbvan.com (Dave Van Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Radio Shake's coco multitasking?
Message-ID: <160@kbvan.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 04:32:41 GMT
References: <1086@uncw.UUCP> <112@kbvan.com> <1100@uncw.UUCP>
Organization: Lehigh Software Systems, Wescosville, PA
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In article <1100@uncw.UUCP> session@uncw.UUCP (Zack C. Sessions) writes:
>
>What I heard was that Microware dropped support for 6809 OS-9 about
>a year ago. When that happened, Tandy quit manufacturing new kits,
>but just as there are still CoCo's in some stores, there are some
>OS-9 kits still left also. And the availability of CoCo3 is purely
>regional. In my area, most all stores are almost sold out. My favorite
>store only has ONE left!
>
Jack, any good store manager would not order anything in quantity that
didn't sell.  The coco's (as a whole, nation wide) have not been strong
for over two years.  I left the company about 6 months ago after running
a RSCC for way toooo long, I have it on good sources that there are more
coco3's in the regional warehouses than Carter has little pills.

On your point about the availability of OS-9, you right...they are still
out there but I belive they are off the deck. So you can get them real
cheap. RS will move stock from a heavy regional warehouse to a lighter
stocked warehouse when necessary.  Then, they will drop ship x number
of the over stock items to the stores on purpose, and for good reason
RS can't sell anything to you or me from a warehouse?.  You may find
your favorite store _back_ in stock real soon. ;-)  It's a great time
to buy coco's and x-ses-or-ee's right now cause of the price.


   Dave Van Allen

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