[Coco] CoCo 2 kit?

[Arthur Flexser]

Well, I guess you'd learn how to solder, if nothing else.  Maybe it was a
gimmick to boost sales of soldering equipment and supplies, as well as other
kits they might want to sell in the future, a la Heathkit.

Or, maybe they were figuring to make extra bucks repairing/replacing all the
ones that didn't work.

Art

On Tue, 6 May 2008, Rob Rosenbrock wrote:

> 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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