[Coco] CoCo 2 kit?

[Rob Rosenbrock]

Not much to it, actually. Yes, there is soldering involved.

The assembly manual just talks you through a board stuffing. About the only thing you learn is how to work for RS. You mount and solder all of the discrete components, then the sockets. You do build the power supply. The RF modulator is pre-built, though.

As I remember, there are no tests. There's not even an explanation of the circuitry. I can't recall if there's a troubleshooting section. If the assembler has followed instructions, I guess it's expected to work. It's because of this that I'd believe that it had to be a part of a class, and not something that they'd just put on their shelves. (Probably put on by RS people in TX)

-----Original Message-----
From: "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: 5/5/08 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo 2 kit?

Could you go into more detail?  Was any soldering involved, for example?

Art

On Mon, 5 May 2008, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:

> I bought one of these kits from RS many years ago during a 'tent sale.' They
> weren't available at any of the local stores, but someone in Texas was
> selling them out of the warehouse. I still have it.
> 
> I do not know the intent of the kit. It is nothing more than an assembly
> project, and nothing is taught by doing it. I think it was an experiment,
> and didn't go very big.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Rogelio Perea" <os9dude at gmail.com>
> To: "coco at maltedmedia.com" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: 5/5/08 9:28 PM
> Subject: [Coco] CoCo 2 kit?
> 
> Where these sold as kits at some point in time?
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120257854560
> 
> Intriguing...
> 
> 
> 
> -=[ Rogelio ]=-
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