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The MM/1 was an attempt to make a CoCo-inspired [[OS-9]] machine. It ran OS-9/68000 and included the K-Windows windowing system by Kevin Darling which supported the CoCo 3 style windowing system. The hardware was based on Philips chips used in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i CD-i] systems. | <small>Note: the actual product name was not MM1 but MM/1 with a slash, but the nature of URLs and wikis prevent the correct "MM/1" from being this article's title. | ||
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[[File:IMS MM1 (small).png|thumb|MM/1]] | |||
The '''MM/1''' (Multi-Media One) was an attempt to make a CoCo-inspired [[OS-9]] machine. It ran OS-9/68000 and included the K-Windows windowing system by Kevin Darling which supported the CoCo 3 style windowing system. The hardware was based on Philips chips used in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-i CD-i] systems. | |||
The machine was initially sold by Interactive Media Systems, then later taken over and sold by David Graham of [https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~pruyne/os9faq.html#blackhawk Blackhawk Systems] in Oklahoma. | The machine was initially sold by Interactive Media Systems, then later taken over and sold by David Graham of [https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~pruyne/os9faq.html#blackhawk Blackhawk Systems] in Oklahoma. | ||
Unfortunately the platform did not catch on. CoCo users who had never bothered with OS-9 had no compelling reason to adopt it. Some CoCo users felt loyalty to Tandy and thus migrated to Tandy's MS-DOS/PC machines, especially the Tandy 1000 series that offered CoCo-compatible joystick/mouse ports and which could use some other CoCo compatible accessories such as the Koala trackpad and some of the Tandy printers, modems, and external hard drives. | |||
Probably no more than 500 MM/1's were sold[https://thezippsterzone.com/mm-1/] and the company that built it folded shortly after. There has not been an attempt to make a next CoCo since then until the recent [[CoCo-X]] project by Gary Becker was announced. | |||
[[Sub-Etha Software]] published [[Sub-Etha_Software#MM/1|several MM/1 programs]]. | |||
= External Links = | = External Links = | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7FFzrGftY 1991 promotional video from IMS], uploaded to YouTube in 2016 | *[https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1991-12/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Rainbow'''s December 1991 cover story] on the MM/1 | ||
*[https:// | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC7FFzrGftY 1991 promotional video from IMS], uploaded to YouTube in 2016 | ||
*[https://wiksclan.com/iinc.com/erik/mm1/ The MM/1 Homepage] - Independent MM/1 info site | |||
*[https://thezippsterzone.com/mm-1/ The Zippster Zone's page] on the MM/1 | *[https://thezippsterzone.com/mm-1/ The Zippster Zone's page] on the MM/1 | ||
*[https://subethasoftware.com/mm1/ Sub-Etha Software's own list] of MM/1 software it published | |||
*The Color Computer Archive's [https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Ads/IMS-MM1/ collection of MM/1 ads] and [https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/MM-1/ manuals]. | |||
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Note: the actual product name was not MM1 but MM/1 with a slash, but the nature of URLs and wikis prevent the correct "MM/1" from being this article's title.
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The MM/1 (Multi-Media One) was an attempt to make a CoCo-inspired OS-9 machine. It ran OS-9/68000 and included the K-Windows windowing system by Kevin Darling which supported the CoCo 3 style windowing system. The hardware was based on Philips chips used in the CD-i systems.
The machine was initially sold by Interactive Media Systems, then later taken over and sold by David Graham of Blackhawk Systems in Oklahoma.
Unfortunately the platform did not catch on. CoCo users who had never bothered with OS-9 had no compelling reason to adopt it. Some CoCo users felt loyalty to Tandy and thus migrated to Tandy's MS-DOS/PC machines, especially the Tandy 1000 series that offered CoCo-compatible joystick/mouse ports and which could use some other CoCo compatible accessories such as the Koala trackpad and some of the Tandy printers, modems, and external hard drives.
Probably no more than 500 MM/1's were sold[1] and the company that built it folded shortly after. There has not been an attempt to make a next CoCo since then until the recent CoCo-X project by Gary Becker was announced.
Sub-Etha Software published several MM/1 programs.
External Links
[edit | edit source]- The Rainbow's December 1991 cover story on the MM/1
- 1991 promotional video from IMS, uploaded to YouTube in 2016
- The MM/1 Homepage - Independent MM/1 info site
- The Zippster Zone's page on the MM/1
- Sub-Etha Software's own list of MM/1 software it published
- The Color Computer Archive's collection of MM/1 ads and manuals.
