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In the second of\u00a0an ongoing series<\/a>, I\u2019m posting photos and related materials my co-author, Boisy Pitre, has received and archived during the research phase of our critically acclaimed book on Tandy\u2019s (Radio Shack\u2019s) Color Computer series, CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy\u2019s Underdog Computer<\/a>. While the book itself contains quite a few exclusive images, naturally, there were many more that simply couldn\u2019t fit. This is part 02<\/a>\u00a0and is a companion to the Facebook page on the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Image

Image from Frank Hogg showing a Mark Data Products booth.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Image

Image from Frank Hogg showing an early ad.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Chris

Chris Burke of Burke & Burke. According to Chris, “I think the board in front is an EPROM programmer that I built for early XT-ROM shipments; I later switched to Disto’s programmer. In that case the tall board in back is an IBM PC MFM hard disk controller, from before the half-size boards were common.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Burke

Burke & Burke. Trisha Burke (left), Stephanie McDaniel (middle), and Chris Burke (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

\"RMS

RMS prototype (courtesy of Ellis Easley).<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Another

Another booth. According to Frank Hogg, “Carol Sprague in the booth, Bob Phillips from GMX talking to Rich Hogg.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Frank

Frank Hogg: “Karen from FHL.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Frank

Frank Hogg: “Bob Phillips of GMX; Rich Hogg did all the software, drivers, etc., for Flex and OS9 and Carol Sprague behind the table.”<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"VIDEOTEX

VIDEOTEX scan of material in engineer Jerry Heep’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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