{"id":34495,"date":"2018-10-16T06:53:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34495"},"modified":"2018-10-16T06:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T10:53:33","slug":"im-keeping-the-coco-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/im-keeping-the-coco-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m keeping the CoCo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to all of you for indulging me yesterday as I tried to decide whether or not I should keep my beloved TRS-80 Tandy Color Computer 2 (CoCo 2)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I conducted a survey<\/a> asking this very question.\u00a0 As of this morning, 158 readers responded to the survey, 81.4% replied (rather, shouted) “Keep it!”<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And so I shall.<\/p>\n

It’s not just the survey that swayed me. Many of you pointed to the active community of CoCo 2 enthusiasts on the web that keep these simple machines alive and well and even continue innovating with add-on boards\/features.\u00a0 \u00a0I know now that when the time is right, I should fire the old girl up and run a few simple programs–perhaps even code one of those Family Computing programs<\/a>. (Incidentally, if anyone has a suggestion of how to connect the CoCo2 to a modern TV with HDMI or composite\/component inputs, please comment!)<\/p>\n

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Many of you also told me that I would likely have regrets in the future if I sold the CoCo 2.<\/p>\n

I suspect you’re all right about that.<\/p>\n

And then Robert Gulley commented:<\/p>\n

“As someone who is downsizing radios myself, I still have my limits. Keep the computer, mainly because it is a connection, no, a very important connection, to your past. As I have grown older I have come to realize the significance of being connected to the things which touch your soul, and therefore I keep watch over those things.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robert knows me pretty well, so I took these words to heart.<\/p>\n

I only have wonderful memories with the CoCo 2 and hanging with my best friend, Junior, as we tried to hack and tinker with programs.<\/p>\n

I’ve decided that I’m going to hang the CoCo 2 on the wall in my shack and, eventually, turn it into some sort of functional art. I want to be able to pluck it from the wall and connect it to a monitor from time to time. I might even take some of your suggestions and employ it in a simple ham radio application…just because.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for helping me with this decision!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I conducted a survey asking this very question.\u00a0 As of this morning, 158 readers responded to the survey, 81.4% replied (rather, shouted) “Keep it!”: And so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,554],"tags":[7359,7361,4094,7358,7360],"class_list":["post-34495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-slightly-off-topic","tag-coco2","tag-downsizing","tag-nostalgia","tag-tandy-color-computer-2","tag-trs-80-color-computer-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Yn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34330,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/should-i-let-go-of-the-coco-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":34495,"position":0},"title":"Should I let go of the CoCo 2?","author":"Thomas","date":"October 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"[Click here to read the follow-up to this post.] We radio enthusiasts are a nostalgic bunch. 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