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From: jimomura@lsuc.uucp (Jim Omura)
Subject: CoCo3 suggestions
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Date: Wed, 10-Aug-88 22:40:31 EDT
Summary: What I'd like
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     Some recent discussions have arisen regarding what programs would
be worth writing.  This actually happens fairly often, but it just
stuck in my mind this time:

1.  A new chess game in a cartridge.  I have the first Chess
    cartridge.  I never got around to buying Cyruss chess, but
    I was going to.  Now I hear it won't run on the CoCo3 anyway.
    I would certainly be in the market for a new chess cartridge!
    In fact, there has always been a market for chess.  It's a
    consistent seller.

     By the way, you will notice that I am asking for *cartridges*!
     I do not like software on disk except under OS-9.  Even that
     has become a bit painful with the 3 different screen drivers.
     I no longer have a cassette hooked up, so that's not practical
     and I only have 80 track drives so anything on a 48 TPI disk
     is worthless for me (I will not bother trying to transfer it).
     I *do* have the MultiPak, so cartridges are wonderful!  I sit
     Thexder in slot 3 and play it occasionally.  That's what I'd
     do with cartridges if I had them.  Just leave one in and
     play it periodically for a break.

     I believe there is a really good future in cartridges with
     around 32K bytes - 128K bytes.

2.  A new version of Defender.  And try to negotiate with Williams
    for the rights to the name!  Do it right for a change.  This
    too should be on cartridge.

3.  A new DL Logo to work under Multivue.  Obviously this would
    not be a cartridge.

     Notice that none of these are "new" ideas?  There are a lot
of old ideas worth rehashing.  I have no idea why people think that
just because the idea is an old one that it's not good.  With the
CoCo3 we can "get it right this time" which is fine.

Cheers! -- Jim O.
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Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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