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From: emjej@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: CoCo III - Still a Rumor?
Message-ID: <3500152@uokvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Jun-86 14:02:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  3 14:02:00 1986
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/* Written  1:48 am  May 30, 1986 by ecs160s002@ucdavis.UUCP in uokvax.UUCP:net.micro.6809 */
> Has anyone heard anything more about the still rumored CoCo III?  Out here
> in the sticks of Oregon, we haven't heard much except that some Radio Shacks
> got price and/or availability lists.  What's the scoop with this rumored OS-9
> Level II machine?
> 
>         Stan Dolson
>           ..!tektronix!omssw2!argent!safari!stan
>           ..!tektronix!reed!omen!bucket!stand
>           ..!tektronix!reed!omen!bucket!percival!stanleyd

The "CoCo III" is a farce.  As far as I know, Tandy is quietly dropping the
CoCo into the abyss and doesn't care much what we think about it.  They have
said in their newsletter that they will not be releasing a 68k machine, so
even if they do release a new machine it will still have the same limits
as the CoCo does, even with n 6829's.  The PC is still 16 bits wide and no
change in "addressable" memory will change the fact that we can not run any
sizable program.  I do not WANT to worry about splitting up a large program
just right so that the modules will fit correctly into memory.  The operating
system should do this or the memory should be large enough.  Either way, the
CoCo is pretty obsolete (no flames please, I am just being honest.  I like the
thing, but I recognize its limitations).  

                         - Mark Nagel
                         ...!{ucbvax,dual,lll-crg}!ucdavis!deneb!u572112244ea
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