{"id":1582,"date":"2015-06-03T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2015-06-03T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:56:28","slug":"bonus-photos-03-for-the-book-coco-the-colorful-history-of-tandys-underdog-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2015\/06\/03\/bonus-photos-03-for-the-book-coco-the-colorful-history-of-tandys-underdog-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus photos (03) for the book, CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy\u2019s Underdog Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the third\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/tag\/coco-book-bonus\/\" target=\"_blank\">of\u00a0a 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, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/CoCo-Colorful-History-Underdog-Computer\/dp\/1466592478\/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=armcharcad-20&amp;linkCode=w00&amp;linkId=QTFFTJPAMCBWES4R&amp;creativeASIN=1466592478\" target=\"_blank\">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 <a href=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/tag\/coco-book-bonus\/\" target=\"_blank\">03<\/a>,\u00a0and the concluding entry for now,\u00a0and is a companion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/cocobook\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page on the book<\/a>, where you can see even more photos and additional commentary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1584\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1584\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1584 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Boisy Pitre: &quot;This is the photo of the CoCo 4 mock-up that John Prickett sent me via email on October 2, 2012. It was added casually at the end of his email, as though it were a postscript, but you can imagine my excitement when I saw it for the first time. Its existence was rumored but never verified until that moment. Bill Loguidice and I kept the secret about this for over a year, until the book came out in December 2013 (we did let a few select friends in on the existence of the mock-up, but they kept quiet).&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1584 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00.jpg\" alt=\"Boisy Pitre: &quot;This is the photo of the CoCo 4 mock-up that John Prickett sent me via email on October 2, 2012. It was added casually at the end of his email, as though it were a postscript, but you can imagine my excitement when I saw it for the first time. Its existence was rumored but never verified until that moment. Bill Loguidice and I kept the secret about this for over a year, until the book came out in December 2013 (we did let a few select friends in on the existence of the mock-up, but they kept quiet).&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00.jpg 640w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-00-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript> Boisy Pitre: &#8220;This is the photo of the CoCo 4 mock-up that John Prickett sent me via email on October 2, 2012. It was added casually at the end of his email, as though it were a postscript, but you can imagine my excitement when I saw it for the first time. Its existence was rumored but never verified until that moment. Bill Loguidice and I kept the secret about this for over a year, until the book came out in December 2013 (we did let a few select friends in on the existence of the mock-up, but they kept quiet).&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1587\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1587\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1587 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Boisy: &quot;Here's the second photo from that email sent to me by John on October 12, 2012. Notice the very clearly defined 'COLOR COMPUTER 4' badge.&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1587 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03.jpg\" alt=\"Boisy: &quot;Here&#039;s the second photo from that email sent to me by John on October 12, 2012. Notice the very clearly defined &#039;COLOR COMPUTER 4&#039; badge.&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03.jpg 640w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-03-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript> Boisy: &#8220;Here&#8217;s the second photo from that email sent to me by John on October 12, 2012. Notice the very clearly defined &#8216;COLOR COMPUTER 4&#8217; badge.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1585\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1585\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1585 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"John Prickett at his house.\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1585\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01.jpg\" alt=\"John Prickett at his house.\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01.jpg 720w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-01-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript> John Prickett at his house.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1586\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Boisy: &quot;These are photos that I took during my trip to John Prickett's house for his one-on-one interview. These pictures hold significance to me because they capture my meeting John (a true gentleman) and the Deluxe CoCo and CoCo 4 mock-up. John had these already sitting on his couch when I walked in. When I arrived I fully expected to see the CoCo 4 mock-up because he had emailed me a photo prior, but the Deluxe CoCo was totally unexpected.&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02.jpg\" alt=\"Boisy: &quot;These are photos that I took during my trip to John Prickett&#039;s house for his one-on-one interview. These pictures hold significance to me because they capture my meeting John (a true gentleman) and the Deluxe CoCo and CoCo 4 mock-up. John had these already sitting on his couch when I walked in. When I arrived I fully expected to see the CoCo 4 mock-up because he had emailed me a photo prior, but the Deluxe CoCo was totally unexpected.&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoCo-4-02-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Boisy: &#8220;These are photos that I took during my trip to John Prickett&#8217;s house for his one-on-one interview. These pictures hold significance to me because they capture my meeting John (a true gentleman) and the Deluxe CoCo and CoCo 4 mock-up. John had these already sitting on his couch when I walked in. When I arrived I fully expected to see the CoCo 4 mock-up because he had emailed me a photo prior, but the Deluxe CoCo was totally unexpected.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1589\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1589\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1589 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Frank Hogg: &quot;That's me back at my office in Syracuse.&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"912\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1589\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Hogg: &quot;That&#039;s me back at my office in Syracuse.&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01-900x855.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01-368x350.jpg 368w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-01-100x95.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Frank Hogg: &#8220;That&#8217;s me back at my office in Syracuse.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1588\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1588\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1588 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Frank Hogg on the advertising photo: &quot;I was looking for a springtime look for the photo shoot and Sherri brought some outfits she had, but none were what I wanted. It was about noon when we then drove to Dey's department store in Shoppingtown Mall in Syracuse to look for something. It was the wrong season for what I wanted so she suggested the negligee. We looked in that department and Sherri picked some out and changed into them, came out and showed me each one, and, after several, we decided on that one. Sherri is tall, perhaps 6 feet, and taller than my 5'11&quot;, and all woman. She was much younger that I at the time, perhaps 19 or so and I was about 40. You can just imagine the looks I was getting from the middle-aged women shoppers there. A pity no guys were around to give me the high 5 or thumbs up. Trivia: You can see the price tag just under the Flex manual... I gave the negligee to Sherri after the shoot and I never saw her in it again. It was all very professional and above board. She was a very nice person besides being drop dead gorgeous.  She married a baseball player now I'm told.&quot;\" width=\"477\" height=\"395\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1588\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Hogg on the advertising photo: &quot;I was looking for a springtime look for the photo shoot and Sherri brought some outfits she had, but none were what I wanted. It was about noon when we then drove to Dey&#039;s department store in Shoppingtown Mall in Syracuse to look for something. It was the wrong season for what I wanted so she suggested the negligee. We looked in that department and Sherri picked some out and changed into them, came out and showed me each one, and, after several, we decided on that one. Sherri is tall, perhaps 6 feet, and taller than my 5&#039;11&quot;, and all woman. She was much younger that I at the time, perhaps 19 or so and I was about 40. You can just imagine the looks I was getting from the middle-aged women shoppers there. A pity no guys were around to give me the high 5 or thumbs up. Trivia: You can see the price tag just under the Flex manual... I gave the negligee to Sherri after the shoot and I never saw her in it again. It was all very professional and above board. She was a very nice person besides being drop dead gorgeous.  She married a baseball player now I&#039;m told.&quot;\" width=\"477\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00.jpg 477w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00-423x350.jpg 423w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flex-00-100x83.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/noscript> Frank Hogg on the pictured advertising photo: &#8220;I was looking for a springtime look for the photo shoot and Sherri brought some outfits she had, but none were what I wanted. It was about noon when we then drove to Dey&#8217;s department store in Shoppingtown Mall in Syracuse to look for something. It was the wrong season for what I wanted so she suggested the negligee. We looked in that department and Sherri picked some out and changed into them, came out and showed me each one, and, after several, we decided on that one. Sherri is tall, perhaps 6 feet, and taller than my 5&#8217;11&#8221;, and all woman. She was much younger that I at the time, perhaps 19 or so and I was about 40. You can just imagine the looks I was getting from the middle-aged women shoppers there. A pity no guys were around to give me the high 5 or thumbs up. <em>Trivia<\/em>: You can see the price tag just under the Flex manual&#8230; I gave the negligee to Sherri after the shoot and I never saw her in it again. It was all very professional and above board. She was a very nice person besides being drop dead gorgeous. She married a baseball player now I&#8217;m told.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What follows are never before released photos of the RMS Prototype, the proposed Motorola graphics chip for the CoCo 3 that never saw the light of day:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1590 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 00\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 00\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-00-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1591 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 02\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1591\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 02\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-02-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1592 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 03\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1592\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 03\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-03-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1593 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 04\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1593\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 04\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-04-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1594 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 05\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1594\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 05\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-05-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1595 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"RMS Proto 06\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1595\" src=\"http:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06.jpg\" alt=\"RMS Proto 06\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06.jpg 960w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/RMS-Proto-06-467x350.jpg 467w, 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