It was my first Color computer 2 was my first computer, started with it connected to our home TV. wrote basic programs and then had to turn it off lost everything. Moved up to a cassette player to save and load programs. By the time I was ready to move on. I had expanded it to the max, with a Hard drive and ran a BBS under a Unix like OS called "OS-9". I programmed it at first with basic and assembly, moved up to C. Hardware hacked the computer, to run a laser light show.
It is often over-looked and forgotten that a lot of 80s home computers had cartridge slots (as well as some late-1970s ones, and at least one early 1990s one, the Amstrad CPC Plus range). Apart from games, another common use was loading another programming language, like "Forth" or "LOGO". Were either of those ever issued for this computer? I'd be shocked if they weren't.
This was a fantastic computer. I got the Color Computer 3 as a gift in 1986 at the end of the year and loved it. It was my pride and joy for years to come. I got to use this system above, the Coco2 in 1991 thanks to a friend who had an extra one before they upgraded to their Coco3 who let me borrow it. The GIME chip was a huge advancement for the CoCo, and it really did have a 256 color mode that had been rumored (Wikipedia needs to be updated; a guy named John implemented it at CocoFest2010).
Wow! Thanks for this upload. I always thought that it was a good computer but it was competitively pushed against the Commodore 64 and Atari ST by Radio Shack Corp. It seemed like the secondary computer. It was a solid computer though and a family could have run their household business and school needs on it easily with the software package available for it. Thanks again for the memories!
i have one i saved it from a house that my dad bought i saved it from going into a burning pile and it works just fine now needs games
scarylove123 2 months ago
Years before the internet age...
heine71 2 months ago
It was my first Color computer 2 was my first computer, started with it connected to our home TV. wrote basic programs and then had to turn it off lost everything. Moved up to a cassette player to save and load programs. By the time I was ready to move on. I had expanded it to the max, with a Hard drive and ran a BBS under a Unix like OS called "OS-9". I programmed it at first with basic and assembly, moved up to C. Hardware hacked the computer, to run a laser light show.
nexusone1984 3 months ago
Great quality on that commercial!
Our family had that "computer". Be we won it. We didn't pay for it.
Bernie3000 6 months ago
It is often over-looked and forgotten that a lot of 80s home computers had cartridge slots (as well as some late-1970s ones, and at least one early 1990s one, the Amstrad CPC Plus range). Apart from games, another common use was loading another programming language, like "Forth" or "LOGO". Were either of those ever issued for this computer? I'd be shocked if they weren't.
MattTheSaiyan 8 months ago
This was a fantastic computer. I got the Color Computer 3 as a gift in 1986 at the end of the year and loved it. It was my pride and joy for years to come. I got to use this system above, the Coco2 in 1991 thanks to a friend who had an extra one before they upgraded to their Coco3 who let me borrow it. The GIME chip was a huge advancement for the CoCo, and it really did have a 256 color mode that had been rumored (Wikipedia needs to be updated; a guy named John implemented it at CocoFest2010).
jameswasil 1 year ago
Wow! Thanks for this upload. I always thought that it was a good computer but it was competitively pushed against the Commodore 64 and Atari ST by Radio Shack Corp. It seemed like the secondary computer. It was a solid computer though and a family could have run their household business and school needs on it easily with the software package available for it. Thanks again for the memories!
farcher3 1 year ago