[Coco] Advice on copying old floppies

[Carey Eugene]

John

>  Don't throw it away. sell it on Ebay. That way you can get rid of it 
> and make some money too. I have
> seen coco setups go for as high as $500.00.

Wow!

Of course, my setup wouldn't reach nearly that amount.  It's not that fancy.  No monitor.  A single floppy drive.  Some extra hardware (joystick, hi-res adapter, direct connect modem pack, 300 baud modem, serial->parallel printer converter, a few legit programs, and lots of warez copies of programs.)

But I've gotten quite a few emails about this, so I think that after I get the floppies copied, I'll make up a list and post it in here.

To me, it's not worth much, but I'm obviously not still a CoCoNut.  I gotta admit that I do have fond memories of being a CoCoNut.  Cracking ROM games to run on disk.  Writing programs.  BBSing (and running up huge phone bills).   Cracking copy protection on various games.  Reading the latest issue of Rainbow or the cc mag.  It was a lot of fun.  But that's in the past.  I don't look at it the same way.

But I doubt I'll do it on ebay.  I'm not comfortable with ebay.  I've bought a few things there, and it always made me nervous.  I like to see what I'm buying and have direct contact with the seller.  I doubt actually being a seller would be any more comfortable.


Carey