[Coco] [coco] the old grey ghost lives!!

[RJRTTY at aol.com]

People,

I dusted my old 64k  coco1 off and attached the two gray drives
I bought back in 1983 with the  color computer logo on them
for about $300 apiece using a fresh
cable and  they work!!    I have done several disk formats and
backups in  both directions with verify on without a single error.....   :))

Those drives were specified to have only a 5 year  lifespan.
It seems to me since they are belt driven that at least 
the  belts would go bad by now.

I also acquired an identical  drive from the auction at the fest
and it works too!   I am going  to connect four of these jewels
and make a custom four connector cable just  for this setup.
I will have a professional looking four drive system to  display
and demonstrate to visitors who want to see a REAL  computer.

This system will also feature a gray multipak interface  with
the wordpak II 80 col card and display,  a custom made 
1 meg  expanded memory card I made in 1984,  and a
speech sound  pak.   The system will have two monitors, one
for the wordpak and  the other for the standard composite output
that the old coco 1 has been  modified to deliver.   The setup
will also sport an HJL keyboard,  dmp110 printer, and an
internal DAC modified to have 8 bit  resolution.

This machine will have a permanent place in my abode  to
remind me of the excitement and hours of programming 
satisfaction it  gave me when it was new..... what great fun.

Roy  




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