Date   : Thu, 06 May 2010 09:21:28 +0200
From   : anders.carlsson@... (Anders Carlsson)
Subject: Free Stuff Tranche 2

Conrad Russo wrote:

> I am actually trying to get a complete collection of every micro that was 
> remotely popular.

As your collection grows, so does the definition of "remotely popular". :-D 
Personally I favor those less successful ones that had something unique yet 
didn't make it.

I can't see anyone mentioning the Sord M5, while being a Japanese computer 
obviously was sold in the UK by the CGL brand as well as in Japan (?) by 
Takara. By your definition of "remotely popular" it should fit into the list 
and is somewhat affordable too. Games and applications for it however are 
close to damned impossible to find, a fate it shares with several of the 
other computers in your collection.

Regarding the Dragons, it should be noted those were sold under the Tano 
brand in USA, perhaps Canada too? Quite odd if you ask me to sell a TRS-80 
CoCo clone in the country of the CoCo, but then again we've seen all sorts 
of licensed and unlicensed clones sold in various parts of the world so I 
suppose it didn't stop Tano Dragon from trying to get a market share. I 
suppose though they made even less impact on the US market than both Timex 
Sinclair and Acorn did.

Best regards

-- 
Anders Carlsson