[Coco] Re: cm-8, the next generation

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/04 4:01:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
rcrislip at neo.rr.com writes:

> You are talking about a 15 to 20
>  year old piece of electronic equipment, that as you said, has been used
>  pretty extensively. I think that it has served you well and that you really
>  should let it go.

Normally that's a reasonable approach, but he may have a hard time finding 
another CM-8 working, or much better, a Magnavox or even a Commie that can be 
slightly hacked (add a NOR gate or whatever to combine the sync pulses).

As folks in various antique and vintage collection and restoration have been 
learning, the cutoff point for what's worth restoring and repairing keeps on 
moving downwards.  As Coco gear gets rarer, a piece that would have been junk 
or spare parts donor last year becomes worth fixing up yet again.

I don't know how many other parts burned out in his CM-8 along with the 
deflection yoke (which I suggested how to repair easily).  But I bet 90% of the 
junked monitors he could get for parts still have a good yoke.  Somewhere there 
is another bad CM-8 which could turn his (or the other one) into a working 
model.
--Mike K.