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Author: Boisy G Pitre
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CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer is the first book to document the complete history of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo), a popular 8-bit PC series from the 1980s that competed against the era's biggest names, including the Apple II, IBM PC, and Commodore 64. The book takes you inside the interesting stories and people behind this unique, underdog computer.
Both noted computer science and technology advocates, authors Pitre and Loguidice reveal the story of a pivotal period in the home computing revolution from the perspective of Tandy's CoCo. As these computers were sold in Radio Shack stores throughout the United States and other countries, they provide a critical point of reference for key events in the unprecedented evolutionary period for the PC industry in the 1980s. The book also features first-hand accounts from the people who created and promoted the CoCo, from the original Tandy executives and engineers to today's active product creators and information keepers.
The CoCo impacted many lives, and this book leaves no stone unturned in recounting this fascinating slice of the PC revolution that is still in play today. From early telecommunications experiments to engineering and budgetary challenges, it covers all the aspects that made the CoCo a truly personal, useful computing experience in as small and inexpensive a package as possible.
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- Paperback: 203 pages
- Publisher: CRC Press (December 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1466592478
- ISBN-13: 978-1466592476
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Anyone who spent time using a Tandy Color Computer will certainly enjoy the unlikely tale of how the TRS-80 Color Computer came into being. This book takes the reader back to the beginning of Tandy/Radio Shack's earlier foundations which positioned it uniquely to become a major player in the first consumer personal computer market. It presents the chronological history of the Color Computer, successfully integrating the stories of the company and people responsible for its design, manufacture, and marketing. As with all history, its is the often unexpected connections that seemingly create the right circumstances, the right people in the right place at the right time. This book presents the inside story and reveals the challenges that were overcome to keep the Color Computer a successful & profitable Tandy product for ten years. Intertwined, are the important stories of both Microware, Rainbow magazine, and the devoted users/owners of the Color Computer. I read this book in a weekend. The book is filled with great photographs and while you cannot help but be filled with nostalgia, it is not the focus of the book. The book carries you along, providing insights into how the computer narrowly avoided being dumped by Tandy at many points in its evolution. This book is a pleasure to read. Its journalistic style lets the story tell itself seamlessly, through events and the people involved.
By Michael B. Rowen
My first exposure to computers was a TRS-80 Color Computer. Although I stepped away from the community of Color Computer enthusiasts when I got my Amiga 1000 in 1986, the Color Computer played an import part in the development of my hobbies and career. I became interested in retrocomputing not long ago, and I was surprised to find that an active community of CoCo enthusiasts still exists. In a fortunate coincidence, this book was made available for pre-ordering just about the same time I regained interest in the CoCo.
As a person who was very enthusiastic about the CoCo but moved on to different interests years before the CoCo went out of development and production, this book provided three things to me: A reminder of my own history with the CoCo and its community of enthusiasts, a deeper understanding of its early history and development, and a good summary of later developments after my attention wandered, all the way up to the present-day CoCo enthusiast community. I was previously only dimly aware of CoCo developments after 1986, and I was surprised to learn how much life the CoCo still had left in it after that time.
I recommend this book for anybody interested in the CoCo's chapters of computer history. It is a pleasant read, with the right level of detail to interest CoCo enthusiasts with any level of technical background.
By Mark J. Blair
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