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

[Diego Barizo]

Roy, I believe I have an original shack 4 drive cable.
If you want it, I should be able to send it to you...

Diego


RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:
> 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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