[Coco] Anyone else collect other old computers/game consoles beside the Coco?

[john T Chasteen]

Joel
The coco was my first machine also. and finallly got the coco3 and then
my first AT&T PC
Now I have 3 coco3's and several PC and the desktop is a flat case 486
machine with wind
and DOS 6.2

What do you do with the coco's?

I am still trying to get a system working properly. Cloud9, Chris  John
Mark and
Roger Taylor is giving me plenty of help. I want to learn much more about
using
OS9, Basic O9, NitrOS9 and Tandy application programs for the coco. I
don't
have my new KX-P2123 dot matrix printer connected... still have a lot of 
loose ends to catch up on.

Since my wife fell and broke her hip, I have been spending a lot with
trips to doctors and rehab.
but get some time every day to make progress.

John
 
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:04:47 -0500 Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> writes:

> The CoCo was my first computer, and will always remain at the top of 

> my 

> list.  But I love all kinds of archaic computers, and I've managed 

> to 

> accumulate quite a pile of them, in various states of functionality. 

>  

> Here is a list from memory of some of the classics I have (excluding 

> 

> most of the IBM compatible hardware, except especially interesting 

> stuff):

> 

> CoCo Stuff:

> 2 512K CoCo 3s (1 with 63C09E, 1 repacked in a mini-tower case, back 

> 

> when that was the cool thing to do)

> 1 128K CoCo 3

> 1 Spartan 3 CoCo3FPGA

> 2 CoCo 2s

> 1 CoCo (1) (Upgraded to 64K ECB, through 16K, from 4K -- my first 

> computer -- in pretty rough cosmetic shape)

> 1 4K CoCo (in pretty nice condition)

> 1 TC-9 Tomcat (sometimes boots)

> 1 Blackhawk MM/1 9M (Needs a new HD, at the moment)

> Various CoCo floppy drives, joysticks, game cartridges, and other 

> hardware, including 1 newer-style MPI, a DISTO Super Controller, and 

> a 

> couple SCIIs, the DISTO EPROM programmer, and a couple 4-in-1 

> boards, a 

> Glenside IDE, a DS-69B Digisector, an Orchestra-90cc, et cetera.

> 

> Other Tandy Stuff:

> 1 TRS-80 Model 3

> 1 TRS-80 Model 4

> 1 Tandy Model 100 (Got wet, and probably needs help)

> 1 Tandy 1000 HX

> several less interesting Tandy 1000 models

> Tandy 4000 with 16 1M SIMMs, TI '486 upgrade processor, running WFW 

> 

> 3.11, and hosting an MCT UDP.

> 

> Commodore:

> 2 Commodore 64s (one has a video problem) (1 Enhancer 2000 

> aftermarket 

> floppy drive.)

> 1 Commodore 128 (has some broken keys on the keyboard, but works)

> 1 Amiga 1000 2M RAM

> 2 Amiga 500 (1 with external HD (needs new drive))

> 

> Apple Stuff:

> 1 Apple ][e (rescued from a dumpster -- is in obvious need of 

> restoration)

> 1 Apple 2 motherboard of some sort -- probably broken

> 3 Apple 2c (1 is broken)

> 3 Apple 2gs (I have 1 3.5" drive that will work with the 2gses, but 

> I 

> recently set up an old Mac with AppleShare server so that the 2gses 

> can 

> remote boot over Localtalk, which is pretty slick.)

> 2 Macintosh Plus (1 has a bad analog board)

> 1 Macintosh Classic

> 1 Mac II

> 2 Mac LC II

> 1 Mac LC III

> 3 or 4 Mac IIci

> 3 or 4 Quadra 700

> 2 or 3 Performa 6xx

> 1 Quadra 660AV

> 2 Quadra 840AV

> Loads of other assorted '68K and PPC Macs (some of the '68K macs 

> have 

> had Debian/m68k installed)

> 

> CP/M:

> 1 Morrow Micro Decision

> 2 Osborne

> 1 Kaypro 4 (also some Kaypro passive backplane 8088 PC parts)

> 2 or 3 Epson ROM-based CP/M laptop-like computers reminiscent of the 

> 

> Model 100

> (One of my earliest computer experiences was playing 'Hunt the 

> Wumpus' 

> on a Northstar Horizon that the mother of one of my classmates 

> brought 

> to school to show us when I was in 4th grade.)

> 

> Miscellaneous:

> 2 Atari 2600 and a few games (the only Atari game I really liked was 

> 

> Warlords)

> Magnavox Odyssey2 that has never worked for me

> 3 TI/99-4A (only 1 working keyboard between them, a pair of 

> joysticks, 

> and a box of game cartridges) (I also have some TI Professional 

> Computers [MS-DOS, but not completely IBM compatible] including 2 

> luggables)

> 1 Timex/Sinclair 1000 in aftermarket case that includes a 'real' 

> keyboard (with some games on cassette)

> An SGI Indy and a couple large blue SGI workstations (I did have the 

> 

> Indy up and running Irix a few years back)

> An IBM POWERstation 355 (takes FOREVER to boot)

> 

> I've also got 'custodianship' of the remains of 2 SWTPC 6809 systems 

> 

> (only 1 CPU board remaining, but lots of other boards) belonging to 

> the 

> late co-worker of one of my friends.  I'm very slowly trying to make 

> it 

> do something useful.  I'd like to make it boot OS-9.

> 

> I've never been able to get my hands on any Atari computer (not game 

> 

> console) hardware at a price I can afford (which is little to 

> nothing) 

> with the exception of 2 external Atari 3.5" floppy drives.

> 

> JCE

> 

> 

> On 08/25/2011 06:11 PM, Jeremy Michea wrote:

> > I thought it might be an interesting discussion. Obviously we all 

> love 

> > the Coco but what else do you love? Many of you may know that I'm 

> a 

> > huge Atari fan and have been collecting for the Atari 2600/7800 

> and 

> > 8-bit line of computers for about 20 years now, on and off as it 

> was 

> > my first console in 1980. Through the 80's I also owned the 

> original 

> > Nintendo (NES) and Turbografx-16 but the only computer I used 

> aside 

> > from PC's (late 80's and early 90's) was my beloved Coco.

> >

> > As a side note, I almost didn't get a coco. Brand loyalty at the 

> time 

> > lead our family to buy an Atari 800XL but my father wasn't 

> interested 

> > in buying all new software and games for a new system so a friend 

> 

> > suggested the coco since he had all kinds of software to share 

> with us 

> > (well, copied software on cassettes but as a 13 year old in 1982 I 

> 

> > wasn't aware or concerned about piracy so that's another story) so 

> we 

> > got a used Coco 1 with the chicklet keyboard, a cassette player 

> and a 

> > bunch of cassettes with, yes, mostly games. I did do some homework 

> but 

> > lets be honest, I spent most of my time playing some great coco 1 

> games.

> >

> > As another side, yet rambling note, what BBS's did any of you use 

> back 

> > in the day? Here in Southern Ontario, the one I used the most in 

> my 

> > area was called "Route 66". I believe it was the only coco based 

> BBS 

> > in my area where it seemed predominately Commodore 64. Also 

> downloaded 

> > a lot of software from Route 66 as well as a local coco user group 

> 

> > that met once a month in a local french public school.

> >

> > I remember being so excited when the Coco 3 was announced. I spent 

> the 

> > summer prior to its release in the glorious field (literally) of 

> corn 

> > detasseling to save up the money to buy my brand new Coco 3. I 

> > remember being in complete awe of the demo in the store and the 

> > manager was nice enough to make a disk copy that I played a lot at 

> 

> > home. :)

> >

> > Anyway, I've rambled enough. Anyone else have any stories about 

> their 

> > other retro passions, coco musings, etc? :)

> >

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