| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 178 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Tandy gets personal -- 2. Planting the seed -- 3. Colorful computing -- 4. Somewhere over the rainbow -- 5. Double trouble -- 6. Silicorn valley -- 7. Three's company -- 8. Third time's charm -- 9. Made in the USA -- 10. The time has come -- 11. Hello darling -- 12. CoCo forever. |
| Summary |
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 Co. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Tandy Corporation -- History.
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Tandy Corporation |
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TRS-80 computers -- History.
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TRS-80 (Ordinateurs) -- Histoire. |
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TRS-80 computers |
| Genre |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Added Author |
Loguidice, Bill, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pitre, Boisy G. CoCo. Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014] 9781466592476 (DLC) 2013040642 (OCoLC)856567275 |
| ISBN |
9781466592483 (electronic bk.) |
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1466592486 (electronic bk.) |
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9780429169182 (electronic book) |
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0429169183 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/b16357 doi |
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