[Coco] Usergroups / Hardware Hunt (was: Anyone got snow over there?)

[Bob Devries]

David Roper said:
> Currently, I'm short a printer and a 5.25 drive for my PC to enable 
> transfers. I'd also like to add a mouse and a cassette deck to the 
> collection (I've got a large volume of stuff on tape, and no way to load 
> it!)

You don't mention if you have a disk controller cartridge?

>
> After picking up a cheap Coco2 the other day, I realised I don't have the 
> RF cable needed to use it with a TV. Nor do any Dick Smith's / Tandy in 
> NSW carry such an item anymore.
>

This cable is quite easy to make up yourself from the following Dick Smith 
parts:
P-2020 Economy 75 Ohm Plug
P-1422 RCA Plug
W-2081 RG-59U coax cable.

You will need to be able to solder, however.

--
Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Roper" <dave at ebonhost.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: [Coco] Usergroups / Hardware Hunt (was: Anyone got snow over 
there?)


>
> Bob Devries wrote:
>> David Roper said:
>>> PS. Bob, I recently got some old "Australian Rainbow" and "Australian 
>>> Coco" magazines from '86 and '87, and was pleased to see your details in 
>>> the 'local contacts' listing
>>
>> Yes, I was quite heavily involved in two local usergroups; the Kenmore 
>> Usergroup, which was your everyday Coco user club, and the Australian OS9 
>> Usergroup, for OS9 power users, which started July '88 and continued 
>> until August '94. I was also editor/publisher of a newsletter for the 
>> Kenmore group for some time.
>>
>> Of course, the contact details are now out-of-date, since I have moved 
>> west to the little country town of Dalby in south-west Queensland since 
>> that time.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>
> Hi again Bob,
>
> I'm glad you had the experience of being part of a user-group.
>
> Unfortunately, until I discovered the coco newsgroup and mailing list some 
> few years back, I'd only ever met one other person who owned a Coco, and 
> his was as hardware-crippled as mine! lol
>
> Speaking of hardware-crippled..
>
> I'm trying to put together the last few items I need for my Coco setup to 
> be 'useful', rather than 'interesting'
>
> Ideally, I'd like my kids to be able to use the Coco for their basic 
> word-processing requirements (early-mid primary school), as well as 
> learning to code and have fun with.
>
> Currently, I'm short a printer and a 5.25 drive for my PC to enable 
> transfers. I'd also like to add a mouse and a cassette deck to the 
> collection (I've got a large volume of stuff on tape, and no way to load 
> it!)
>
> After picking up a cheap Coco2 the other day, I realised I don't have the 
> RF cable needed to use it with a TV. Nor do any Dick Smith's / Tandy in 
> NSW carry such an item anymore.
>
> Can anyone help with the above?
>
> I'm happy to pay reasonable prices for the above (including postage etc) 
> to Wollongong area, NSW Australia - email me off-list to discuss :)
>
> Kind regards,
> David
>
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