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From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New Coco III
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Date: Thu, 17-Apr-86 19:06:55 EST
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In article <2439@watale.UUCP> rsanderson@watale.UUCP (Roger K. Sanderson P.Eng.) writes:
>In article <807@ihwpt.UUCP> knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen) writes:
>>Last weekend I got some pretty solid rumors ... about the new
>>Coco III.  Are you ready?
>>
>>Lower case (at last!!!) and a Shift-Lock key.  That's it.
>>
>>80 columns?  40?  128K?  OS9 Level II?  Control key?
>>Escape key?  Monitor out?  UART?
>>Uh-uh.
>
>That sounds more like one of the Korean CoCo IIs that have been out for a 
>while. I am not sure but I believe I read something in "Rainbow"
>about a CoCo II that had a lower case Video Display Generator and a 
>slightly different keyboard.
>We can always hope that this is the case and that the Real CoCo III
>will be along the rumpored lines of 128k, parallel port etc.
>
Think big!  Ask Tandy for a machine with AT LEAST the above features, plus:

	- A faster 6809 (E version?)
	- A memory management unit (6821)
	- 256K memory expandable to 1 Meg onboard
	  (can the 6821 handle this?)
	- OS9 level II to go with above
	- A 680X0 coprocessor/high-bandwith expansion port, to provide for
	  moving up to 680X0 OS-9.  Imagine! Real multiasking on an Atari ST
	  or Macintosh class machine.
	  (presumably the high-resolution graphics would be on the 68K card)

Hopefully Tandy isn't too smug about their IBM Clone successes, and they'll
see the need for a Mac/ST/Amiga class machine in the product line.
-- 
					- Ralph W. Hyre, Jr.

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