Comments on: [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: Geoff V.

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:34:41 +0000

Nothing bespeaks of raw computing power like faux wood paneling on your monitor.

Merry Christmas to all!

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: apronk

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:22:07 +0000

Okay, sheesh, you win. The manual was entertaining. I was only 11 mo. old at the time so I really don't know what the jack I'm talking about anyway.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: Aaron

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:56:27 +0000

Why was coco 2 better than coco 1? Because it could play Dungeons of Daggorath!

And the manual WAS entertaining. I should know; I didn't work all the way through it because I enjoy excruciating manuals….

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: Daniel

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:51:04 +0000

I actually remember my father buying one of these while I had two commodore 64′s… and I ended up with all 3 machines fairly quickly… of course I didnt like the TRS-80 nearly as much as the commodores… but it was definitely a fun and fugly machine lol

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: apronk

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:07:43 +0000

1.) still…it's a manual…isn't that kinda like saying the CBN is educational?

2.) emphasis on "tomorrow"

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: Benj Edwards

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:29:52 +0000

Hate to ruin your joke, but as I've mentioned before in a few places on this site, the TRS-80 CoCo's BASIC manual was actually the best I've ever read or seen for any system. It actually is entertaining, with colorful cartoons and clear, easy-to-understand examples.

Also, there were a number of online information services available at the time, such as Dow Jones and CompuServe where you could actually check those very things listed over a modem, even on a TRS-80 CoCo 2.

Comment on [ Retro Scan of the Week ] Hot CoCo (2) for Christmas by: apronk

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:24:37 +0000

"Use the built-in Color BASIC language and our entertaining 308-page manual to start writing your own programs with color and sound." Something tells me that this was written by someone who had very little knowledge of the English language and they accidentally used "entertaining" instead of "excruciating". ===also=== "Add a cassette recorder to store and load your own programs, a telephone modem to access tomorrow's news and stock reports, ... " Something also tells me that this is a bit misleading.