[Coco] Black CoCo 3 - WAS--> Another *WOW* auction at Ebay

[Allen Huffman]

I wonder if this is legit, or spawn from a black CoCo 3 my friend Bob  
Rutherford brought to an Atlanta CoCoFest... I think I mentioned this  
in my CoCoFest Chronicles... I'll have to see.

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On Jan 5, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 5, 2009, at 6:42 AM, Rogelio Perea wrote:
>>
>>> maybe a collector in dire need of them would pay the price. If it  
>>> were to
>>> be
>>> the prototype Black CoCo 3 I would take more than a second look at
>>> something
>>> like this.
>>>
>>
>> Black CoCo 3, did you say?
>>
>>               -- A
>>
>
> Yup... supposedly there was a prototype CoCo 3 within a black molded  
> case.
> That discussion dates to a few years ago while Marty Goodman was  
> still an
> active CoCoist.
>
> It'd be neat to custom mod a CoCo to such a color. The case would  
> not be a
> problem at all but the keyboard: white lettering on black keycaps  
> could be a
> challenge to get... unless some rather painstaking process to  
> repaint the
> caps and lettering was embarked upon.
>
> Maybe I'll try that. Have the can of black paint for the case  
> already :-)
>
>
>
> -=[ R ]=-
>
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